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ArticleInternational journal of biometeorology2024

Healthy environments for athleTes (HEAT): environmental conditions along a 90 km ultra-marathon event, South Africa.

H Havenga, D Gharbi, N Sewry, B Language, F H Neumann, J M Finch, T Hill, J Boulter, E Jordaan, S J Piketh and 2 more

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Article in International journal of biometeorology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

H HavengaUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. henno.havenga@nwu.ac.za.
D GharbiUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
N SewrySport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
B LanguageUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
F H NeumannUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
J M FinchSchool of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
T HillSchool of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
J BoulterComrades Marathon Association (CMA), Medical Director, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
E JordaanBiostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
S J PikethUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
M SchwellnusSport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
R P BurgerUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the HEAT (Healthy Environments for AthleTes) project, which aims to understand the impact of environmental conditions on athlete health and performance during major sporting events such as long-distance running, cycling, and triathlons. In collaboration with the SAFER (Strategies to reduce Adverse medical events For the ExerciseR) initiative, the HEAT project carried out a field campaign at the 2022 Comrades Marathon in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The measurement campaign deployed seven weather stations, seven PM

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Marathon RunningParticulate MatterAthletesHot TemperatureHumansSouth AfricaParticulate MatterAerosporaClimate changeEndurance eventsEnvironmental impacts on AthletesHeat stressSouthern Africa

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PMID38869702
PMCPMC11461593

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