Exertional heat illness in American football players: when is the risk greatest?

ER Cooper, MS Ferrara, DJ Casa… - Journal of athletic …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context: Knowledge about the specific environmental and practice risks to participants in
American intercollegiate football during preseason practices is limited. Identifying risks may …

[HTML][HTML] Exertional heat illness and environmental conditions during a single football season in the southeast

ER Cooper Jr, MS Ferrara, SP Broglio - Journal of Athletic Training, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Context: Recommendations for heat illness prevention provided by sports medicine
associations do not always account for sex differences, specific age populations, regional …

Exertional heat illnesses and environmental conditions during high school football practices

BL Tripp, LE Eberman… - The American Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Guidelines for preventing exertional heat illnesses (EHIs) during extreme heat
stress should be specific to regional environments, age, and sport and should be based on …

Epidemiology of exertional heat illnesses in National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes during the 2009–2010 through 2014–2015 academic years

SW Yeargin, TP Dompier, DJ Casa… - Journal of athletic …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context Exertional heat illnesses (EHIs) among football athletes have been widely
researched, but data examining all collegiate sports are limited. Objective To describe the …

Epidemiology of exertional heat illnesses in youth, high school, and college football.

SW Yeargin, ZY Kerr, DJ Casa, A Djoko… - Medicine and science …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Purpose This study describes the epidemiology of EHI events in youth, high school (HS),
and college football in the 2012-2014 seasons. Methods One hundred and eighteen youth …

Implementing exertional heat illness prevention strategies in US high school football.

ZY Kerr, SW Marshall, RD Comstock… - Medicine and science in …, 2014 - europepmc.org
Purpose Approximately 6500 high school football athletes are treated annually for exertional
heat illness (EHI). In 2009, the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA)-led Inter …

The epidemiology and management of exertional heat illnesses in high school sports during the 2012/2013–2016/2017 academic years

ZY Kerr, SW Yeargin, Y Hosokawa… - Journal of sport …, 2020 - journals.humankinetics.com
Context: Recent data on exertional heat illness (EHI) in high school sports are limited yet
warranted to identify specific settings with the highest risk of EHI. Objective: To describe the …

Epidemiology of exertional heat illness among US high school athletes

ZY Kerr, DJ Casa, SW Marshall… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It is estimated that more than 9000 high school athletes are treated for
exertional heat illness annually. Risk factors include being obese and beginning practice …

The association between mandated preseason heat acclimatization guidelines and exertional heat illness during preseason high school American football practices

ZY Kerr, JK Register-Mihalik, RR Pryor… - Environmental …, 2019 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The risk of heat-related illness and death may continue to increase in many
locations as a consequence of climate change, but information on the effectiveness of …

Heat policy revision for Georgia high school football practices based on data-driven research

ER Cooper, AJ Grundstein, JD Miles… - Journal of athletic …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context Interscholastic heat policies for football have not been evidence based. Therefore,
their effectiveness in mitigating exertional heat illness has not been assessed. Objective To …