Exertional heat stroke management strategies in united states high school football

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-77

  Kerr, Zachary Y ^a,b   Marshall, Stephen W ^a,b,c   Comstock, R Dawn ^d   Casa, Douglas J ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

heat injury; heat stroke; high school athletes; injury management; preseason

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOOTBALL; HEAT INJURY; HEAT STROKE; HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY MANAGEMENT; MALE; PRESEASON; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

HEAT INJURY; HEAT STROKE; HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES; INJURY MANAGEMENT; PRESEASON;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOOTBALL; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892578957     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513502940     Document Type: Article

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