Thermoregulatory problems encountered in ice hockey.
Despite the fact that ice hockey is played in lower than normal ambient air temperatures, its intense intermittent nature is such that the athlete encounters hyperthermal problems similar to those of most team athletes. This presentation discusses these problems and offers recommendations by which performance may be improved.
D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006688:Hockey; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D013177:Sports; D013178:Sports Medicine; D013546:Sweating; D014664:Vasodilation