Association between feels-like temperatures and injury risk during international outdoor athletic championships: a prospective cohort study on 29 579 athlete starts during 10 championships
Higher feels-like temperatures were associated with a decreased risk of time-loss and muscle injuries, particularly in sprints, hurdles and throws. Although the precise mechanism for lower injury rates with higher feels-like temperatures requires further investigation, adapting preparations such as warm-up or clothing to forecasted weather conditions may be of benefit.
Authors
- Pierre‐Eddy Dandrieux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7230-6728)
- Astrid Junge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6815-9793)
- Pascal Édouard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-3612)
- Karsten Hollander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5682-9665)
- Sébastien Racinais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-4744)
- Milan Klöwer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3920-4356)
- Laurent Navarro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8788-8027)
- Pedro Branco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1944-3607)
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- Mines Saint-Étienne (FR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University (DE)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital (QA)
- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne (FR)
- Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme (FR)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Université Savoie Mont Blanc (FR)
- Université Jean Monnet (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-108050
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.57