Heart rate and core temperature responses of elite pit crews during automobile races

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2075-2083

  Ferguson, David P ^a   Bowen, Robert S ^a   Lightfoot, J Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Heat acclimation; Motorsport athlete; NASCAR; Thermal regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAR; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; ATHLETES; AUTOMOBILES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052753526     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181f5676d     Document Type: Article

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