ArticleTopics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2014
Effect of a cooling vest on core temperature in athletes with and without spinal cord injury.
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- Electroceuticals for Paralympic Athletes: A Fair Play and Classification Concern?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
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- The influence of water and air temperature on elite wheelchair triathlon performance.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2024Article
- Are Thermoregulatory Sweating and Active Vasodilation in Skin Controlled by Separate Nerves During Passive Heat Stress in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury?Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Correlation of neurological level and sweating level of injury in persons with spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2021Observational
- Evaluation and Management of Autonomic Dysreflexia and Other Autonomic Dysfunctions: Preventing the Highs and Lows.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2021Article
- Effects of Pre-Exercise Ice Slurry Ingestion on Physiological and Perceptual Measures in Athletes with Spinal Cord Injuries.International journal of exercise science · 2021Article
- Hydration and Cooling Strategies for Paralympic Athletes : Applied Focus: Challenges Athletes May Face at the Upcoming Tokyo Paralympics.Current nutrition reports · 2020Review
- Heat-related issues and practical applications for Paralympic athletes at Tokyo 2020.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2020Review
- Impact of passive heat stress on persons with spinal cord injury: Implications for Olympic spectators.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2019Review
- Efficacy of Various Cooling Techniques During Exercise in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Crossover Intervention Study.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Physiological responses between players with and without spinal cord injury in wheelchair basketball small-sided games.Spinal cord · 2016Article
- Cooling athletes with a spinal cord injury.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015Review
- Evaluation and Management of Autonomic Dysreflexia and Other Autonomic Dysfunctions: Preventing the Highs and Lows: Management of Blood Pressure, Sweating, and Temperature Dysfunction.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationArticle
- International Standards to document Autonomic Function following SCI (ISAFSCI): Second Edition.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIt is well accepted that persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) have impaired ability to regulate core temperature due to impaired vasomotor and sudomotor activity below their level of injury. Impaired heat dissipation puts SCI athletes at great risk of exercise-induced hyperthermia (EIH) (>37.8°C). There is minimal evidence for efficacy of any specific cooling method in SCI athletes in a thermoneutral sport-specific setting.
objectiveTo evaluate the extent of EIH in persons with and without SCI and subsequently examine the effect of a cooling vest to attenuate rise in core body temperature (Tc).
methodsSCI (n = 17) and able-bodied (AB; n = 19) athletes participated in a 60-minute intermittent sprinting exercise in a thermoneutral (21.1°C-23.9°C) environment. Participants were separated according to their level of injury: tetraplegia defined as above T1 (TP; n = 6), high paraplegia defined as T5 through T1 (HP; n = 5), low paraplegia defined as T6 and below (LP; n = 6), and AB (n = 19). Tc was recorded at 15-minute intervals using an ingestible thermometer pill. This protocol was completed with a cooling vest (V) and without a cooling vest (NV).
resultsAll SCI and most AB athletes experienced EIH. After 60 minutes, Tc of TP athletes was significantly increased compared to HP (P = .03) and AB athletes (P = .007). There was no significant effect of the vest on Tc over time for any group.
conclusionsTP athletes have the highest risk of exercise-induced hyperthermia. The cooling vest does not significantly attenuate rise in Tc in SCI or AB athletes.
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