Time course of natural heat acclimatization in well-trained cyclists during a 2-week training camp in the heat

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 25, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 240-249

  Karlsen, A ^a,b   Nybo, L ^b   Norgaard S J ^b   Jensen, M V ^b   Bonne, T ^b   Racinais, S ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cycling time trial; Heat response test; Individual response; Plasma volume expansion; Self paced exercise; Sweat rate; Sweat sodium concentration

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CYCLING; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928795845     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12449     Document Type: Article

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