Individual responses to short-term heat acclimatisation as predictors of football performance in a hot, dry environment

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 810-815

  Racinais, Sebastien ^a   Mohr, Magni ^b   Buchheit, Martin ^c   Voss, Sven Christian ^c   Gaoua, Nadia ^a,d   Grantham, Justin ^a,d   Nybo, Lars ^e  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence   (Qatar)

^d Qatar Science and Technology Park   (Qatar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD CELLS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; SOCCER; SWEATING;

EID: 84865438153     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091227     Document Type: Article

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