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Draper, G, Wright, MD, Ishida, A, Chesterton, P, Portas, M and Atkinson, G (2022) Do environmental temperatures and altitudes affect physical outputs of elite football athletes in match conditions? A systematic review of the ‘real world’ studies. Science and Medicine in Football, 7 (1). pp. 81-92. ISSN 2473-3938
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Abstract
Players involved in the various football codes compete throughout the calendar year around the world. Therefore, environmental stressors such as temperature and altitude should be considered in preparation for, and during, matches. We aimed to systematically review the observational and quasi-experimental studies that have been specifically designed to quantify the effects of temperature (hot or cold) high altitude on in-match physical performance indicators. A search of electronic databases (Web of Science, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, PubMed/MEDLINE) was conducted, resulting in 19,424 papers being identified as relevant. Following sifting in relation to the eligibility criteria, 12 papers were deemed directly relevant. The reviewed studies scored 6-9 (on a 0-9 scale) for quality assessment using a previously used scale. The major outcome variables relevant to the current review were total distance (m), high speed running (m) and high-speed runs (count) measured during matches. Standardized effect sizes (ES) were heterogeneous across studies for total distance (ES: -0.96 to -0.14) and high-speed running (ES: -0.69 to 0.12) for >1000 m vs sea-level, time spent at the given altitude being a putative factor for this heterogeneity. Heat had mainly detrimental effects on performance, but ES were, again, heterogeneous across studies (ES: -1.25 to 0.26), dependent on temperature. Given the small number of studies that only involved mostly male athletes, and large heterogeneity across studies, more research needs be conducted on physical performance in these environmental conditions, with attention paid to standardizing outcomes and broadening the approaches of studies to guide future decision making in professional sporting environments.
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Science and Medicine in Football. Garrison Draper, Matthew D. Wright, Ai Ishida, Paul Chesterton, Matthew Portas & Greg Atkinson (2022) Do environmental temperatures and altitudes affect physical outputs of elite football athletes in match conditions? A systematic review of the ‘real world’ studies, Science and Medicine in Football, DOI: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2033823. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jan 2022 11:29 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2023 09:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/24733938.2022.2033823 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16108 |
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