Special Issue "Solutions to Environmental Factors Affecting the Health and Performance of Athletes"

Dear Colleagues,

For this Special Issue, we invite submissions relating to: ‘Solutions to Environmental Factors Affecting the Health and Performance of Athletes’. Prolonged exposure to environmental stressors (e.g., heat, cold, altitude, global travel) can degrade human health and performance. This applies to physically active individuals, from both athletic and occupational settings. The negative consequences of the environment can often result in impaired physiological function, preventing the optimal performance of physically or cognitively demanding tasks and limiting exercise tolerance. Extreme environmental stress can also have severe health consequences for athletic populations. As such, strategies that are capable of offsetting the potential deleterious effects of environmental stress are valuable for athletes. These can include chronic training interventions, environmental acclimation or acclimatisation, dietary manipulation, pharmacological intervention and numerous acute pre-competition strategies (such as cooling or heating). However, the efficacy of these strategies on athletic performance is not fully understood, and many emerging solutions require further research. This Special Issue will address this requirement.

Dr. Mark Waldron
Dr. Owen Jeffries
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• Environment
• Athletes
• Health
• Performance
• Heat
• Cold
• Altitude
• Hyperbaric
• Travel
• Thermal
• Mountain