Core Body Temperatures in Intermittent Sports: A Systematic Review

ConclusionsPractitioners and coaches supporting intermittent sport athletes are justified to seek interventions aimed at mitigating the high heat strain observed in competition. More research is required to determine the most effective interventions for this population that are practically viable in intermittent sports settings (often constrained by many competing demands). Greater statistical power and homogeneity among studies are required to quantify the independent effects of wet bulb globe temperature, competition duration, sport and level of competition on peakTc, all of which are likely to be key modulators of the thermal strain experienced by competing athletes.RegistrationThis systematic review was registered on the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/vfb4s;https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EZYFA, 4 January 2021).
Source: Sports Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research