International Olympic Committee consensus statement on thermoregulatory and altitude challenges for high-level athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 770-779

  Bergeron, M F ^a,b   Bahr, R ^c   Bartsch P ^d   Bourdon, L ^e   Calbet, J A L ^f   Carlsen, Kh ^c,g,h   Castagna, O ^e   Gonzalez Alonso J ⁱ   Lundby, C ^j   Maughan, R J ^k   Millet, G ^l   Mountjoy, M ^m,n,o   Racinais, S ^p   Rasmussen, P ^j,q   Singh, D G ^r,s,t   Subudhi, A W ^u   Young, A J ^v   Soligard, T ⁿ   Engebretsen, L ⁿ  

^a National Youth Sports Health and Safety Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Institut de Recherche Biomedicale de Defense Ecole du Val de Grace (IRBAEVDG)   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^m Medical Commission   (Switzerland)

ⁿ International Olympic Committee   (Switzerland)

^o MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^p ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^r FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^s Medical Commission   (Malaysia)

^t Medical Committee   (Malaysia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^v U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BREATHING DISORDER; COLD; COLD CLIMATE; COLD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEHYDRATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; EXERCISE; FROSTBITE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 84865411559     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091296     Document Type: Review

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