Physiological monitoring for occupational heat stress management: recent advancements and remaining challenges.

Occupational heat stress poses a major threat to worker health and safety that is projected to worsen with global climate warming. To manage these adverse effects, most industries rely on administrative controls (stay times and work-to-rest allocations) that are designed to limit the rise in body core temperature in the 'average' individual. However, due to the extensive inter- and intra-individual variation in thermoregulatory function, these administrative controls will result in some individuals having their work rate and productivity unnecessarily restricted (false positives), while others may be subject to rises in heat strain that compromise health (false negatives).

The influence of training load and schedule on youth athletes' sleep.

Sleep is important for youth athletes, supporting sport-related recovery and performance, as well as growth and development. Sleep may be influenced by training factors; therefore, this study aimed to characterise youth athletes' sleep, and examine associations between training load, schedule and frequency, and sleep. Twenty-six youth basketballers (age: 14.

The cumulative effects of consecutive days of prolonged, physical work or activity on heat strain and physical performance: A Systematic Review.

With climate warming, there is an urgent need to understand the health effects of occupational heat exposure. This systematic review examined the cumulative effects of consecutive days of prolonged physical work or activity on heat strain and physical performance. Electronic databases MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, PsychInfo and Academic Search Complete were searched until July 2024 with terms related to work, consecutive days and heat.

The Impact of Sleep on Cognitive Function in Youth Athletes.

Objectives: This study sought to characterize the sleep of youth athletes and investigate relationships between sleep measures and cognitive function.

Method: Youth netball athletes ( = 19, age; 16.58 ± 1.

Soldier performance management: insights from boots on ground research and recommendations for practitioners.

Theoretically, the serial measurement of biomarkers to monitor physiological responses to military training could be used to mitigate musculoskeletal injury risk and better understand the recovery status of personnel. To date, the cost and scalability of these initiatives have impeded their uptake by defence organisations. However, advances in technology are increasing the accessibility of a range of health and performance biomarkers.