Roundtable on Preseason Heat Safety in Secondary School Athletics : Heat Acclimatization

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OBJECTIVE: To provide best-practice recommendations for developing and implementing heat-acclimatization strategies in secondary school athletics.

DATA SOURCES: An extensive literature review on topics related to heat acclimatization and heat acclimation was conducted by a group of content experts. Using the Delphi method, action-oriented recommendations were developed.

CONCLUSIONS: A period of heat acclimatization consisting of ≥14 consecutive days should be implemented at the start of fall preseason training or practices for all secondary school athletes to mitigate the risk of exertional heat illness. The heat-acclimatization guidelines should outline specific actions for secondary school athletics personnel to use, including the duration of training, the number of training sessions permitted per day, and adequate rest periods in a cool environment. Further, these guidelines should include sport-specific and athlete-specific recommendations, such as phasing in protective equipment and reintroducing heat acclimatization after periods of inactivity. Heat-acclimatization guidelines should be clearly detailed in the secondary school's policy and procedures manual and disseminated to all stakeholders. Heat-acclimatization guidelines, when used in conjunction with current best practices surrounding the prevention, management, and care of secondary school student-athletes with exertional heat stroke, will optimize their health and safety.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Journal of athletic training - 56(2021), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 352-361

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adams, William M [VerfasserIn]
Hosokawa, Yuri [VerfasserIn]
Casa, Douglas J [VerfasserIn]
Périard, Julien D [VerfasserIn]
Racinais, Sebastien [VerfasserIn]
Wingo, Jonathan E [VerfasserIn]
Yeargin, Susan W [VerfasserIn]
Scarneo-Miller, Samantha E [VerfasserIn]
Kerr, Zachary Y [VerfasserIn]
Belval, Luke N [VerfasserIn]
Alosa, Denise [VerfasserIn]
Csillan, David [VerfasserIn]
LaBella, Cynthia [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Lisa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acclimation
Adaptations
Consensus Development Conference
Exertional heat illness
Exertional heat stroke
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.06.2021

Date Revised 02.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4085/1062-6050-596-20

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324325827