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- Title: Toward Ending Fatal Heat Stroke in Football Players (Editorial)
- Author : E. Randy Eichner
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Sports & Outdoors,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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This issue of the Journal of Athletic Training contains 4 articles on the vital topic of heat and hydration in football players. The latest annual survey (1) of football injury research notes 39 deaths from exertional heat stroke (EHS) since 1995, 6 of them in 2008. At this writing, during the summer of 2009, it seems at least 3 more football players have died from EHS. Death from EHS in football remains a vexing problem. The 4 articles in this issue suggest answers and raise questions about how to keep football players safe in the heat. The study by Yeargin et al (2) complements a prior study (3) of heat acclimatization, according to the new National Collegiate Athletic Association regulations, of collegiate football players during preseason practices. This new study explores thermoregulatory responses and hydration practices in heat-acclimatized adolescents during preseason high school football. The main finding is that heat-acclimatized adolescents can safely complete the first 10 days of preseason football practices (keeping core temperature 40[degrees]C), using sensible guidelines in a cool to warm climate. Another practical point is that players remain mildly hypohydrated because they replace only two-thirds of sweat losses during practices and rehydrate inadequately between practices. A question for future researchers is how such players would fare in a hot and humid climate.
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