What the study found
After the camp, football players showed partial heat acclimatization and better performance in hot and temperate tests, with substantial individual variation.
Participants and protocol
Eighteen professional male Australian football players completed two weeks of training in the heat, assessed before and after the camp.
What this cannot establish
Without a comparable training camp in cooler conditions, improvements cannot be attributed entirely to heat. The results do not establish a universal heat-training dose or safety limit.
Publication details
- Record
- PubMed 24088292
- Publication types
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Indexed subjects
- Sweat · Sodium · Exercise Test · Task Performance and Analysis · Motor Skills
- Source record checked
- 2026-10-18
Publication type and subject indexing describe the record; they are not a quality grade or proof of a benefit. An abstract does not replace a review of the full methods and results.
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