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Griggs, K.E. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1962-9613, Havenith, G., Paulson, T.A.W., Price, M.J. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L.,
2017.
Effects of cooling before and during simulated match play on thermoregulatory responses of athletes with tetraplegia.
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20 (9), pp. 819-824.
ISSN 1440-2440
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Abstract
Objectives: Athletes with high level spinal cord injuries (tetraplegia) are under greater thermal strain during exercise than the able-bodied. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of pre-cooling using an ice vest and the combination of pre-cooling and cooling during play using water sprays in athletes with tetraplegia.
Design: Counter-balanced, cross-over design.
Methods: Eight wheelchair rugby players with tetraplegia completed a 60 min intermittent sprint protocol (ISP) on a wheelchair ergometer in 20.2 °C ± 0.2 °C and 33.0% ± 3.1% relative humidity. The ISP was conducted on three occasions; no cooling (NC), pre-cooling with an ice vest (P) and pre-cooling with an ice vest and water sprays between quarters (PW). Gastrointestinal (Tgi) temperature, mean skin temperature (Tsk) and perceptual responses were measured throughout.
Results: At the end of pre-cooling, the change in Tgi was not significantly different between conditions (P > 0.05) but the change in Tsk was significantly greater in P and PW compared to NC (P < 0.001). The change in Tgi over the ISP was significantly lower in PW and P compared to NC (P < 0.05), whilst the change in Tsk was lower in PW compared to P and NC (P < 0.05). Cooling had no effect on performance or perceptual responses (P > 0.05).
Conclusions: Water spraying between quarters combined with pre-cooling using an ice vest lowers thermal strain to a greater degree than pre-cooling only in athletes with tetraplegia, but has no effect on simulated wheelchair rugby performance or perceptual responses.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport | ||||||
| Creators: | Griggs, K.E., Havenith, G., Paulson, T.A.W., Price, M.J. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
| Date: | September 2017 | ||||||
| Volume: | 20 | ||||||
| Number: | 9 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1440-2440 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||||
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan | ||||||
| Date Added: | 25 Oct 2018 13:09 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2018 13:09 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/34740 |
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