Current knowledge on playing football in hot environments

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 161-167

  Grantham, J ^a   Cheung, S S ^b   Connes, P ^c   Febbraio, M A ^d   Gaoua, N ^a   Gonzalez Alonso J ^e   Hue, O ^c   Johnson, J M ^f   Maughan, R J ^g   Meeusen, R ^h   Nybo, L ⁱ   Racinais, S ^a   Shirreffs, S M ^g   Dvorak, J ^j  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Antilles and Guyana   (Guadeloupe)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Exercise; Heat illness; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 77957370118     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01216.x     Document Type: Review

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