What evidence exists showing the effects of heat acclimatization on post exercise recovery and body cooling? I am trying to find scientific literature that has examined the physiological changes that occur after heat acclimatization, specifically post exercise in the heat.
Hello, I don't know this article answer the purpose of you but it may interest in your search. I hope it can be useful. Yours truly
Dr. Cem Sinan ASLAN
Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2010 Oct;20 Suppl 3:117-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01221.x.
Living, training and playing in the heat: challenges to the football player and strategies for coping with environmental extremes.
Maughan RJ1, Shirreffs SM, Ozgünen KT, Kurdak SS, Ersöz G, Binnet MS, Dvorak J.
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Dehydration and hyperthermia both, if sufficiently severe, will impair exercise performance. Dehydration can also impair performance of tasks requiring cognition and skill. Body temperature may exceed 40 °C in competitive games played in hot weather, but limited data are available. Football played in the heat, therefore, poses a challenge, and effects on some aspects of performance become apparent as environmental temperature increases above about 12-15 °C. Prior acclimatization will reduce the impact of high environmental temperatures but provides limited protection when humidity is also high. Ingestion of fluids is effective in limiting the detrimental effects on performance: drinks with added carbohydrate and electrolytes are generally more effective than plain water and drinks may be more effective if taken cold than if taken at ambient temperature. Pre-exercise lowering of body temperature may aid some aspects of performance, but the efficacy has not been demonstrated in football.
Heat acclimatization to me means seasonal reduction in coat insulation. If you are discussing humans what is heat acclimatization in a human? If you are using a different mammal we have developed techniques to measure coat insulation non-invasively.
Hi William,
I'm doing a systematic review and meta-analysis on one part of your question, cooling and recovery. I don't know if I understood your question right. There are different recovery items which are affected from post exercise cooling compared to passive interventions. The most described cooling modality were cold water immersion which show under specific circumstances the best results for recovery. Tell me if you need more info, or what info is interesting for you.
Gretes Erich
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