ArticleSports medicine - open2021
Sex differences in adaptation to intermittent post-exercise sauna bathing in trained middle-distance runners.
Article in Sports medicine - open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effects of Post-Exercise Heat Exposure on Acute Recovery and Training-Induced Performance Adaptations: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison between exercise and hot water immersion on skin microvascular responses in older adults with overweight and obesity.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Fueling Women's Football: Evidence-Informed Practical Nutrition Strategies for Performance and Health.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Characterization of microvessels in the human forehead dermis using intravascular dual perfusion and immunofluorescence staining.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effect of post-exercise heat exposure (passive heat acclimation) on endurance exercise performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Implementation of a mixed-methods heat acclimation programme in a professional soccer referee before the 2022 FIFA world cup in Qatar: a case study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sex on the efficacy of intermittent post-exercise sauna bathing to induce heat acclimation and improve markers of temperate exercise performance in trained athletes.
methodsTwenty-six trained runners (16 female; mean ± SD, age 19 ± 1 years, V̇O
resultsFemales and males exhibited similar reductions (interactions p > 0.05) in peak rectal temperature (- 0.3 °C; p < 0.001), skin temperature (- 0.9 °C; p < 0.001) and heart rate (- 9 beats·min
conclusionsThree weeks of post-exercise sauna bathing effectively induces heat acclimation in females and males, though possibly amid different thermoeffector adaptations. Post-exercise sauna bathing is also an effective ergogenic aid for both sexes.
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