title: Heat- and cold-induced injuries in athletes: evaluation and management.
abstract: Both extreme heat and cold can be challenging for athletes during training and competition. One role of the team physician is to educate coaches and athletes on the risks of exposure to these conditions and how to best prevent and manage their adverse effects. Heat illness varies in degree from mild to severe, with the most severe forms being potentially fatal. Cold exposure can result in systemic effects and peripheral injury to the extremities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Noonan
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Bancroft
authors.forename: Joshua S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dines
authors.forename: Asheesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bedi
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006359:Heat Exhaustion / Q000453:epidemiology; D018882:Heat Stress Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D018883:Heat Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors