Core Temperature in Triathletes during Swimming with Wetsuit in 10 °C Cold Water
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measurements
2.3. Swim Test
2.4. Data Analysis and Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Rectal Temperature (Tre)
3.2. Skin Temperature (Tsk)
3.3. Relation between Tre, Skin Temp, fat% and Gender
4. Discussion
4.1. Rectal Temperature
4.2. Tsk
4.3. Post-Immersion Cooling
4.4. Practical Implications
4.5. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total | Women | Men | |
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Number (n) | 17 | 6 | 11 |
Age (yrs.) | 37.6 ± 9.0 | 37.5 ± 10.3 | 37.6 ± 8.8 |
Body composition Weight (kg) Height (cm) LBM (kg) %BF (%) FM (kg) | 77.9 ± 7.4 177.6 ± 7.4 58.3 ± 11.5 23.3 ± 9.0 17.2 ± 7.4 | 66.4 ± 8.0 173.4 ± 5.6 46.2 ± 5.4 27.7 ± 6.6 17.8 ± 5.3 | 84.3 ± 12.9 179.9 ± 7.3 65.0 ± 7.8 20.9 ± 9.6 16.7 ± 8.6 |
VO2max Relative (mL·kg−1·min−1) Absolute (L·min−1) | 57.5 ± 11.0 4.5 ± 1.1 | 49.3 ± 6.6 3.3 ± 0.5 | 62.4 ± 10.3 5.2 ± 0.7 |
Training per week (hh:min) Total Swimming pool | 9:30 ± 4:06 1:36 ± 1:18 | 8:18 ± 4:54 1:36 ± 1:24 | 10:18 ± 3:42 1:36 ± 1:12 |
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Melau, J.; Mathiassen, M.; Stensrud, T.; Tipton, M.; Hisdal, J. Core Temperature in Triathletes during Swimming with Wetsuit in 10 °C Cold Water. Sports 2019, 7, 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7060130
Melau J, Mathiassen M, Stensrud T, Tipton M, Hisdal J. Core Temperature in Triathletes during Swimming with Wetsuit in 10 °C Cold Water. Sports. 2019; 7(6):130. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7060130
Chicago/Turabian StyleMelau, Jørgen, Maria Mathiassen, Trine Stensrud, Mike Tipton, and Jonny Hisdal. 2019. "Core Temperature in Triathletes during Swimming with Wetsuit in 10 °C Cold Water" Sports 7, no. 6: 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7060130