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ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2015

Consensus recommendations on training and competing in the heat.

S Racinais, J M Alonso, A J Coutts, A D Flouris, O Girard, J González-Alonso, C Hausswirth, O Jay, J K W Lee, N Mitchell and 7 more

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Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05727774 (Effect of Hot Versus Neutral Water for Heat Acclimatation and Sport Performance During a Water Biking Training Protocol), which is not on this map. Cited by 90 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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90citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
15.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05727774 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Hot Versus Neutral Water for Heat Acclimatation and Sport Performance During a Water Biking Training Protocol : Controlled Randomised Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital, MontpellierRan2023 to 2023Enrolled24ConditionsHealthy, Heat ExposureArmsWater Biking in hot water condition, Water Biking in neutral water condition
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 327 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effects of Sodium Intake on Health and Performance in Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Sports.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  5. A Matter of Degrees: A Systematic Review of the Ergogenic Effect of Pre-Cooling in Highly Trained Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 14 institutions in 12 countries.

S RacinaisAthlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
J M AlonsoSports Medicine Department, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Medical and Anti-doping Commission, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Montecarlo, Monaco.
A J CouttsSport and Exercise Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia.
A D FlourisFAME Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece.
O GirardDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, ISSUL, Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
J González-AlonsoDepartment of Life Sciences, Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK.
C HausswirthResearch Department, Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance, French National Institute of Sport (INSEP), Paris, France.
O JayDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia.
J K W LeeDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore, Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
N MitchellBritish Cycling and 'Sky Pro Cycling', National Cycling Centre, Manchester, UK.
G P NassisNational Sports Medicine Programme, Excellence in Football Project, Aspetar, Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
L NyboDepartment of Nutrition, Exercise and Sport, Section of Human Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
B M PluimMedical Department, Royal Netherlands Lawn Tennis Association (KNLTB), Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
B RoelandsDepartment of Human Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
M N SawkaSchool of Applied Physiology, College of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
J WingoDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA.
J D PériardAthlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital · QABritish Cycling · GBBrunel University of London · GBGeorgia Institute of Technology · USInstitut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance · FRNanyang Technological University · SGRoyal Dutch Lawn Tennis Federation · NLThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Alabama · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Lausanne · CHUniversity of Technology Sydney · AUUniversity of Thessaly · GRVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exercising in the heat induces thermoregulatory and other physiological strain that can lead to impairments in endurance exercise capacity. The purpose of this consensus statement is to provide up-to-date recommendations to optimise performance during sporting activities undertaken in hot ambient conditions. The most important intervention one can adopt to reduce physiological strain and optimise performance is to heat acclimatise. Heat acclimatisation should comprise repeated exercise-heat exposures over 1-2 weeks. In addition, athletes should initiate competition and training in a euhydrated state and minimise dehydration during exercise. Following the development of commercial cooling systems (eg, cooling-vest), athletes can implement cooling strategies to facilitate heat loss or increase heat storage capacity before training or competing in the heat. Moreover, event organisers should plan for large shaded areas, along with cooling and rehydration facilities, and schedule events in accordance with minimising the health risks of athletes, especially in mass participation events and during the first hot days of the year. Following the recent examples of the 2008 Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, sport governing bodies should consider allowing additional (or longer) recovery periods between and during events, for hydration and body cooling opportunities, when competitions are held in the heat.

Indexed as

Hot TemperatureAcclimatizationAthletic PerformanceBeveragesBody Temperature RegulationClothingCold TemperatureCool-Down ExerciseDehydrationExerciseFluid TherapyHeat Stress DisordersHumansSportsSports MedicineHeat acclimatisationHeat stressHypohydrationThermoregulation

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PMID26069301
PMCPMC4602249
OpenAlexW2118410993

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