Independent Influence of Spinal Cord Injury Level on Thermoregulation during Exercise.

Purpose: This study aimed to establish the true influence of spinal cord injury (SCI) level on core temperature and sweating during exercise in the heat independently of biophysical factors.

Methods: A total of 31 trained males (8 with tetraplegia [TP; C5-C8], 7 with high paraplegia [HP; T1-T5], 8 with low paraplegia [LP; T6-L1], and 8 able bodied [AB]) performed 3 × 10 min of arm ergometry with 3-min rest at a metabolic heat production of (a) 4.0 W·kg (AB vs TP) or (b) 6.

Longer Sleep Durations Are Positively Associated With Finishing Place During a National Multiday Netball Competition.

Juliff, LE, Halson, SL, Hebert, JJ, Forsyth, PL, and Peiffer, JJ. Longer sleep durations are positively associated with finishing place during a national multiday netball competition. J Strength Cond Res 32(1): 189-194, 2018-Sleep is often regarded as the single best recovery strategy available to an athlete, yet little is known about the quality and quantity of sleep in athletes during multiday competitions.

Physiological and perceptual effects of precooling in wheelchair basketball athletes.

Objective: To investigate the physiological and perceptual effects of three precooling strategies during pre-exercise rest in athletes with a spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Randomized, counterbalanced. Participants were precooled, then rested for 60 minutes (22.