title: Recovery and return to activity following exertional heat stroke: considerations for the sports medicine staff.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the current scientific evidence of recovery and return to activity following exertional heat stroke (EHS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Information was collected using MEDLINE and SPORTDiscus databases in English using combinations of key words, exertional heat stroke, recovery, rehabilitation, residual symptoms, heat tolerance, return to activity, and heat illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Relevant peer-reviewed, military, and published text materials were reviewed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inclusion criteria were based on the article's coverage of return to activity, residual symptoms, or testing for long-term treatment. Fifty-two out of the original 554 sources met these criteria and were included in data synthesis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The recovery time following EHS is dependent on numerous factors, and recovery length is individually based and largely dependent on the initial care provided.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research should focus on developing a structured return-to-activity strategy following EHS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. brendon.mcdermott@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Brendon P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: Douglas J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Casa
authors.forename: Susan W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Yeargin
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ganio
authors.forename: Lawrence E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Carl M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Maresh
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D018883:Heat Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D013178:Sports Medicine; D014481:United States