Effect of heat and heat acclimatization on cycling time trial performance and pacing

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 601-606

  Racinais, Sebastien ^a   Périard, Julien D ^a   Karlsen, Anders ^a,b   Nybo, Lars ^b  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acclimatization; Exercise; fatigue; hot ambient conditions; hyperthermia; temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AIR; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CYCLING; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AIR MOVEMENTS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84995332452     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000428     Document Type: Article

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