Thermal, physiological and perceptual strain mediate alterations in match-play tennis under heat stress

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Périard, Julien D ^a   Racinais, Sébastien ^a   Knez, Wade L ^a   Herrera, Christopher P ^a   Christian, Ryan J ^a   Girard, Olivier ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SWEATING; TENNIS; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SWEATING; TENNIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898676611     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093063     Document Type: Article

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