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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
Volume 32, Issue 11, Pages 822-828Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1279767
Keywords
heat acclimation; core temperature; sweat loss; heat strain; adaptation; decay
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- Human Sciences Domain of the UK Ministry of Defence
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Heat acclimation (HA) often starts in a moderately hot environment to prevent thermal overload and stops immediately prior to athletic activities. The aims of this study were 1) to establish whether acclimation to a moderately hot climate is sufficient to provide full acclimation for extreme heat and 2) to investigate the physiological responses to heat stress during the HA decay period. 15 male subjects exercised for 9 consecutive days at 26 degrees C Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) and 3 days at 32 degrees C WBGT on a cycle ergometer for up to 2 h per day and repeated the exercise 3, 7 and 18 days later in 26 degrees C WBGT. Rectal temperature (T(re)) and heart rate (HR) were measured during 60 min of steady state exercise (similar to 45% of maximum oxygen uptake). During days 1-9, end-exercise T re was reduced from 38.7 +/- 0.1 to a plateau of 38.2 +/- 0.1 C (p < 0.05), HR was reduced from 156 +/- 10 to 131 +/- 11 bpm (p < 0.05). No changes in HR and T(re) occurred during the 3 days in the very hot environment. However, T(re) during rest and exercise were significantly lower by 0.4-0.5 degrees C after HA compared with day 9, suggesting that heat acclimation did not decay but resulted in further favourable adaptations.
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