Methods, advantages, and limitations of body cooling for exercise performance.
Precooling studies confirm that increasing body heat is a limiting factor during exercise. However, it seems that precooling is only beneficial for endurance exercise of up to 30-40 minutes rather than intermittent or short duration exercise.
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Human Movement Studies Unit, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia. fmarino@csu.edu.au
D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D010806:Physical Education and Training / Q000379:methods*; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis