liu.seSearch for publications in DiVA
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • oxford
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Health complaints and heat stress prevention strategies during taper as predictors of peaked athletic performance at the 2015 World Athletics Championship in hot conditions
Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Society and Health. Region Östergötland, Regionledningskontoret, Enheten för folkhälsa. (Athletics Research Center)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6049-5402
Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar; University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE), Australia.
Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Society and Health. Region Östergötland, Regionledningskontoret, Enheten för folkhälsa. (Athletics Research Center)
Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Psychology. (Athletics Research Center)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3955-0443
Show others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, ISSN 1440-2440, E-ISSN 1878-1861, Vol. 23, no 4, p. 336-341, article id S1440-2440(19)30893-XArticle in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether self-reported health complaints and choice of heat stress prevention strategies during the taper predicted peaking at an athletics championship in hot conditions.

DESIGN: Cohort study.

METHODS: Data on health and heat stress prevention were collected before the 2015 World Athletics Championship in Beijing, China. Peaking was defined using the athlete's pre-competition ranking and final competition rank. Baseline and endpoint data were fitted into multiple logic regression models.

RESULTS: Two hundred forty-five (29%) of 841 eligible athletes participated. Both sprint/power (Odds ratio (OR) 0.33 (95% Confidence interval (CI) 0.11 to 0.94), P=0.038) and endurance/combined events (OR 0.38 (95% CI 0.14 to 1.00), P=0.049) athletes having sustained concern-causing health complaints during the taper were less likely to peak. Endurance/combined events athletes who chose pre-cooling to mitigate heat stress were less likely to peak (OR 0.35 (95% CI 0.15 to 0.80), P=0.013), while sprint/power athletes reporting a sudden-onset injury complaint during the taper displayed increased peaking (OR 4.47 (95% CI 1.28 to 15.59), P=0.019).

CONCLUSIONS: Health complaints that caused the athlete concern during the taper were predictive of failure to peak at a major athletics competition. Sprint/power athletes who experienced an acute injury symptom during the taper appeared to benefit from rest. Pre-cooling strategies seem to require further validation during real-world endurance/combined events. It appears that athletics athletes' self-reported health should be monitored during the taper, concerns addressed, and heat stress prevention strategies individually tested before championships in hot conditions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2020. Vol. 23, no 4, p. 336-341, article id S1440-2440(19)30893-X
Keywords [en]
Endurance sports, Heat stress, Performance, Pre-cooling interventions, Preparticipation illness, Preparticipation injury, Sprints, Track and field
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-168681DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.10.024ISI: 000521119900004PubMedID: 31761558Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85075810863OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-168681DiVA, id: diva2:1461863
Available from: 2020-08-27 Created: 2020-08-27 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

Publisher's full textPubMedScopus

Authority records

Timpka, ToomasSpreco, ArminDahlström, ÖrjanJacobsson, JennyBargoria, VictorAndersson, Christer A

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Timpka, ToomasSpreco, ArminDahlström, ÖrjanJacobsson, JennyBargoria, VictorAndersson, Christer A
By organisation
Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesDivision of Society and HealthEnheten för folkhälsaFaculty of Arts and SciencesPsychologyLinköping University
In the same journal
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Sport and Fitness Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

doi
pubmed
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
pubmed
urn-nbn
Total: 123 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • oxford
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf