Effects of lowering body temperature via hyperhydration, with and without glycerol ingestion and practical precooling on cycling time trial performance in hot and humid conditions

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ross, Megan L R ^a,b   Jeacocke, Nikki A ^a   Laursen, Paul B ^b,c,d   Martin, David T ^a   Abbiss, Chris R ^b   Burke, Louise M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Auckland University of Technology High Performance Sport New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental heat gain; Euhydration; Heat dissipation; Hypothermia; Metabolic heat gain; Perception of effort; Self paced endurance performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871029114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-9-55     Document Type: Article

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