Griggs, K.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-1962-9613, Havenith, G., Price, M., Mason, B.S. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., 2017. Thermoregulatory responses during competitive wheelchair rugby match play. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 38 (03), pp. 177-183. ISSN 0172-4622
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a player’s physical impairment or activity profile was related to the amount of thermal strain experienced during wheelchair rugby match play. 17 elite wheelchair rugby players played a competitive match, whilst activity profiles, measures of core and skin temperature, heart rate and perceptual responses were taken. Players were divided into 2 groups depending on their physical impairment: players with a cervical spinal cord injury, (n=10) or non-spinal related physical impairment (n=7). Total distance was lower (4 842±324 vs. 5 541±316 m, p<0.01, ES=2.2) and mean speed slower (1.13±0.11 vs. 1.27±0.11 m∙s−1, p<0.03, ES=1.3) in players with a spinal cord injury. Yet, the change in core temperature (1.6±0.4 vs. 0.7±0.3°C, p<0.01, ES=2.5) was significantly greater in players with a spinal cord injury. In conclusion, players with a spinal cord injury were under greater thermal strain during wheelchair rugby match play, as a result of their reduced heat loss capacity, due to their physical impairment and not because of their activity profile.
Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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Publication Title: | International Journal of Sports Medicine | ||||
Creators: | Griggs, K.E., Havenith, G., Price, M., Mason, B.S. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. | ||||
Publisher: | Georg Thieme | ||||
Date: | 2017 | ||||
Volume: | 38 | ||||
Number: | 03 | ||||
ISSN: | 0172-4622 | ||||
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Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||
Record created by: | Linda Sullivan | ||||
Date Added: | 26 Oct 2018 10:06 | ||||
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2018 10:06 | ||||
URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/34751 |
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