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| Title |
Short-Term, Low-Volume Training Improves Heat Acclimatization in an Operational Context
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Physiology, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fphys.2017.00419 |
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| Authors |
Keyne Charlot, Pierre-Emmanuel Tardo-Dino, Jean-François Buchet, Nathalie Koulmann, Stéphanie Bourdon, Benoit Lepetit, Martin Roslonski, Loïc Jousseaume, Alexandra Malgoyre |
| Abstract |
Personnel who travel to areas with a hot climate (WBGT > 27°C) may suffer from the heat (physiological strain, thermal discomfort, increased probability of heat illness), making them partially or fully inoperative. Performing physical activities during heat acclimatization is known to improve this process (i.e., improve measures of acclimatization for the same duration of acclimation). However, it is unknown whether such training would be efficient in an operative context, characterized by a high volume of work-related physical activity. Thirty French soldiers (Training group, T) performed a short (5 days), progressive, moderate (from three to five 8-min running sets at 50% of the speed at VO2max for 32-56 min) aerobic training program upon arriving at their base in United Arab Emirates (~40°C and 12% RH). A control group (30 soldiers; No Training, NT) continued to perform their usual outdoor military activities (~6 h.d(-1)). A field heat stress test (HST; three 8-min running sets at 50% of the speed at VO2max) was performed, before and after the heat acclimatization period, to assess physiological and subjective changes. Rectal temperature, heart rate (HR), thermal discomfort at rest and at the end of exercise, rates of perceived exertion (RPE), and sweat loss and osmolality decreased following heat acclimatization in both groups. However, the decreases in the T group were larger than those in the NT group for HR at the end of exercise (-20 ± 13 vs. -13 ± 6 bpm, respectively, p = 0.044), thermal discomfort at rest (-2.6 ± 2.7 vs. -1.4 ± 2.1 cm, respectively, p = 0.013) and at the end of exercise (-2.6 ± 1.9 vs. -1.6 ± 1.7 cm, respectively, p = 0.037) and RPE (-2.3 ± 1.8 vs. -1.3 ± 1.7, respectively, p = 0.035). Thus, we showed that adding short (<60 min), daily, moderate-intensity training sessions during a professional mission in a hot and dry environment accelerated several heat-acclimatization-induced changes at rest and during exercise in only 5 days. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 30 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 12 | 40% |
| United States | 3 | 10% |
| Australia | 3 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 5 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 50% |
| Scientists | 14 | 47% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 72 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Researcher | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 16 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 22 | 31% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 21 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 June 2017.
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#42
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