Activity modification in heat: critical assessment of guidelines across athletic, occupational, and military settings in the USA

Y Hosokawa, DJ Casa, JM Trtanj, LN Belval… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Exertional heat illness (EHI) risk is a serious concern among athletes, laborers, and
warfighters. US Governing organizations have established various activity modification …

Improving the suitability of selected thermal indices for predicting outdoor thermal sensation in Tehran

M Haghshenas, M Hadianpour, A Matzarakis… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Most of thermal indices were developed based on the European/North American subjects
and climates, while they should be investigated in other regions as well. This study aims to …

[HTML][HTML] Microclimate variation and estimated heat stress of runners in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Marathon

E Kosaka, A Iida, J Vanos, A Middel, M Yokohari… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be held in July and August. As these are the hottest
months in Tokyo, the risk of heat stress to athletes and spectators in outdoor sporting events …

A multi-scalar climatological analysis in preparation for extreme heat at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

JK Vanos, WM Thomas, AJ Grundstein, Y Hosokawa… - Temperature, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Extreme heat can be harmful to human health and negatively affect athletic performance.
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are predicted to be the most oppressively hot …

Identifying the need for locally-observed wet bulb globe temperature across outdoor athletic venues for current and future climates in a desert environment

H Guyer, M Georgescu, DM Hondula… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Exertional heat illness and stroke are serious concerns across youth and college sports
programs. While some teams and governing bodies have adopted the wet bulb globe …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of heat exposure on workers' health and performance at steel plant in Turkey

A karim Fahed, M Ozkaymak, S Ahmed - Engineering science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Workers of Iron and steel plants are exposed to extreme environmental heat that causes
discomfort and limits their performance. This study investigates the influence of heat load on …

Roundtable on preseason heat safety in secondary school athletics: environmental monitoring during activities in the heat

Y Hosokawa, WM Adams, DJ Casa… - Journal of athletic …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Objective To develop best-practice recommendations using thermal indices to determine
work-to-rest ratios and facilitate further implementation of environmental monitoring for heat …

Outdoor thermal comfort during anomalous heat at the 2015 Pan American games in Toronto, Canada

AJ Herdt, RD Brown, I Scott-Fleming, G Cao… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mass sporting events in the summertime are influenced by underlying weather patterns, with
high temperatures posing a risk for spectators and athletes alike. To better understand …

[HTML][HTML] Variations of heat exhaustion rate of pilgrims with environmental conditions during hajj seasons between 2002 and 2018 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

AR Seroji - Journal of King Saud University-Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Heat exhaustion (HE) is one of the major concerns for medical service providers, especially
in hot weather conditions. Every year pilgrims come to Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform …

Extreme heat exposure and occupational health in a changing climate

J Vanos, S Moyce, B Lemke… - Extreme Events and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Across the globe, the negative impacts of extreme heat have become increasingly apparent
to individuals, policymakers, public health scientists, physiologists, climatologists, and …