American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable on Exertional Heat Stroke - Return to Duty/Return to Play

Autor: Michael N. Sawka, Francis G. O'Connor, Yuval Heled, Patricia A. Deuster, William O. Roberts, Lisa R. Leon, Brendon P. McDermott, Karen K O'Brien, John A Kark, Douglas J. Casa, Michael F. Bergeron, Rebecca Carter
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Current Sports Medicine Reports. 9:314-321
ISSN: 1537-890X
Popis: On October 22-23, 2008, an ACSM Roundtable was convened at the Uniformed Services University (Bethesda, MD) to discuss return-to-play or return-to-duty for people who have experienced exertional heat illness (EHI) and to develop consensus-based recommendations. The conference assembled experts from the civilian sports medicine community and the Department of Defense to discuss relevant EHI issues, such as potential long-term consequences, the concept of thermotolerance, and the role of thermal tolerance testing in return-to-play decisions. Although the group was unable to move forward with new consensus recommendations, they clearly documented critical clinical concerns and scientific questions, including the following: 1) no uniform core definitions of EHI; 2) limited validated criteria to assess recovery from exertional heat stroke (EHS); and 3) inadequate ability to predict who may be predisposed to a subsequent heat injury after EHS. Areas of potential future research are identified.
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