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Effect of acclimation on performance and metabolism of female hockey players during intermittent running in the heat
thesis
posted on 2018-09-18, 08:27 authored by Caroline SunderlandThe impact of heat acclimation on performance of high intensity intermittent exercise,
that is representative of team sports has not been extensively studied. The
performance of skills during team sports is also important in the outcome of a match
or competition. The research presented in this thesis was undertaken to investigate the
impact of heat acclimation on female performance of high intensity intermittent
running and field hockey skill.
The first experimental study investigated the effect of the menstrual cycle and oral
contraceptive use on performance of high intensity intermittent running in the heat.
Seven normally menstruating women and eight oral contraceptive users participated in the
study. Two trials were undertaken near the predicted mid-point of the follicular (FT)
and luteal (LT) phases of the menstrual cycle and the equivalent days for the oral
contraceptive users. There were no differences in distance run between menstrual
cycle phases or between the normally menstruating and oral contraceptive groups
(follicular vs luteal phase; 5869 ± 2896 vs 6238 ± 2648 m). Plasma glucose
concentrations were higher in the follicular phase than the luteal, (main effect phase
P<0.01), while serum growth hormone concentrations were lower (main effect phase
P<0.05). These results demonstrate that for unacclimatised games players the
performance of intermittent, high intensity shuttle running in the heat is unaffected by
menstrual cycle phase nor oral contraceptive use. [Continues.]
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School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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© Caroline SunderlandPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en