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Heat adaptation and nutrition practices: athlete and practitioner knowledge and use
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posted on 2022-12-01, 12:39 authored by Salma Alabdulwahed, Natalia Galán-López, Tom Hill, Lewis JamesLewis James, Bryna Catherine Rose Chrismas, Sebastien Racinais, Trent Stellingwerff, Diogo V Leal, Matheus Hausen, Karim Chamari, Hugh HK Fullagar, Chris Esh, Lee TaylorLee TaylorPurpose: To survey elite athletes and practitioners to identify (1) knowledge and application of heat acclimation/acclimatization (HA) interventions, (2) barriers to HA application, and (3) nutritional practices supporting HA. Methods: Elite athletes (n = 55) and practitioners (n = 99) completed an online survey.Mann-Whitney U tests (effect size [ES; r]) assessed differences between ROLE (athletes vs practitioners) and CLIMATE (hot vs temperate). Logistic regression and Pearson chi-square (ES Phi [φ]) assessed relationships. Results: Practitioners were more likely to report measuring athletes' core temperature (training: practitioners 40% [athletes 15%]; P =.001, odds ratio = 4.0, 95% CI, 2%-9%; competition: practitioners 25% [athletes 9%]; P =.020, odds ratio = 3.4, 95%CI, 1%-10%). Practitioners (55%[15%athletes]) weremore likely to perceive rectal as the gold standard core temperature measurement site (P =.013, φ =.49, medium ES). Temperate (57% [22% hot]) CLIMATE dwellers ranked active HA effectiveness higher (P <.001, r =.30, medium ES). Practitioners commonly identified athletes' preference (48%), accessibility, and cost (both 47%) as barriers to HA. Increasing carbohydrate intake when training in the heat was more likely recommended by practitioners (49%) than adopted by athletes (26%; P =.006, 95% CI, 0.1%-1%). Practitioners (56% [28% athletes]) were more likely to plan athletes' daily fluid strategies, adopting a preplanned approach (P =.001; 95% CI, 0.1%-1%). Conclusions: Practitioners, and to a greater extent athletes, lacked self-reported key HA knowledge (eg, core temperature assessment/monitoring methods) yet demonstrated comparatively more appropriate nutritional practices (eg, hydration).
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
International Journal of Sports Physiology and PerformanceVolume
17Issue
7Pages
1011 - 1024Publisher
Human KineticsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Human Kinetics, Inc.Publisher statement
Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2022, 17 (7): 1011-1024, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2021-0462. © Human Kinetics, Inc.Publication date
2022-04-20Copyright date
2022ISSN
1555-0265eISSN
1555-0273Publisher version
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- en