Quantifying Exercise Heat Acclimatisation in Athletes and Military Personnel: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Autor: Brown HA; Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE), University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia., Topham TH; Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE), University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia., Clark B; Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE), University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia., Ioannou LG; FAME Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece., Flouris AD; FAME Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece., Smallcombe JW; Faculty of Medicine and Health, Heat and Health Research Incubator, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Telford RD; Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE), University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia., Jay O; Faculty of Medicine and Health, Heat and Health Research Incubator, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Périard JD; Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE), University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia. Julien.Periard@canberra.edu.au.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) [Sports Med] 2024 Mar; Vol. 54 (3), pp. 727-741. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 05.
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-023-01972-4
Abstrakt: Background: Athletes and military personnel are often expected to compete and work in hot and/or humid environments, where decrements in performance and an increased risk of exertional heat illness are prevalent. A physiological strategy for reducing the adverse effects of heat stress is to acclimatise to the heat.
Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to quantify the effects of relocating to a hotter climate to undergo heat acclimatisation in athletes and military personnel.
Eligibility Criteria: Studies investigating the effects of heat acclimatisation in non-acclimatised athletes and military personnel via relocation to a hot climate for < 6 weeks were included.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL Plus with Full Text and Scopus were searched from inception to June 2022.
Risk of Bias: A modified version of the McMaster critical review form was utilised independently by two authors to assess the risk of bias.
Data Synthesis: A Bayesian multi-level meta-analysis was conducted on five outcome measures, including resting core temperature and heart rate, the change in core temperature and heart rate during a heat response test and sweat rate. Wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT), daily training duration and protocol length were used as predictor variables. Along with posterior means and 90% credible intervals (CrI), the probability of direction (Pd) was calculated.
Results: Eighteen articles from twelve independent studies were included. Fourteen articles (nine studies) provided data for the meta-analyses. Whilst accounting for WBGT, daily training duration and protocol length, population estimates indicated a reduction in resting core temperature and heart rate of - 0.19 °C [90% CrI: - 0.41 to 0.05, Pd = 91%] and - 6 beats·min -1 [90% CrI: - 16 to 5, Pd = 83%], respectively. Furthermore, the rise in core temperature and heart rate during a heat response test were attenuated by - 0.24 °C [90% CrI: - 0.67 to 0.20, Pd = 85%] and - 7 beats·min -1 [90% CrI: - 18 to 4, Pd = 87%]. Changes in sweat rate were conflicting (0.01 L·h -1 [90% CrI: - 0.38 to 0.40, Pd = 53%]), primarily due to two studies demonstrating a reduction in sweat rate following heat acclimatisation.
Conclusions: Data from athletes and military personnel relocating to a hotter climate were consistent with a reduction in resting core temperature and heart rate, in addition to an attenuated rise in core temperature and heart rate during an exercise-based heat response test. An increase in sweat rate is also attainable, with the extent of these adaptations dependent on WBGT, daily training duration and protocol length.
Prospero Registration: CRD42022337761.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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