Global warming is ongoing and unpreventable. There is not much good news concerning this problem, including health, climate, air pollution, ocean, urban areas and food systems. The most serious health problem is that the number of exertional heat-related illness cases has been on the rise. However, physical activity (i.e., exercise and physical work) is necessary for humans to live and stay healthy. It is therefore considered that humans should adapt to any environment and/or mitigate environmental heat stress without quitting exercise and work. This means that environmental exercise physiology is challenged to apply global warming adaptation. Hence, researchers need to create future trends in environmental exercise physiology towards global warming especially in thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, body fluid, renal, metabolic, respiratory, neuromuscular and cognitive responses.
The goal of this research topic is to present challenges, highlight applications and create future trends in environmental exercise physiology towards heat stress. It is well recognised that heat acclimatisation/acclimation and higher levels of aerobic fitness are important to prepare for exercising and working in hot environments as they lead to physiological adaptations which increase tolerance to heat stress. Cooling interventions and fluid ingestion are known to be the most effective heat mitigation strategy during physical activity in the heat. Clothing and environmental conditions involving ambient temperature, humidity, wind speed, solar radiation and time-of-day are essential for human health and to safely exercise and work in hot environments. Conditioning procedure is also important in preparation for physical activity in hot conditions. Besides, individuals exercising and working in heat stress environments are likely to be affected by training procedures, food intake, supplement consumption, sleep, physical condition, etc.
In this research topic, we invite researchers to submit manuscripts related to the knowledge of environmental exercise physiology towards heat stress in both able-bodied and disabled individuals. In particular, studies of the effects of heat acclimatisation/acclimation, aerobic fitness, cooling interventions, fluid ingestion, clothing, environmental conditions and conditioning procedure on physiological and cognitive responses during and following physical activity in the heat are welcome to submit. It is of course welcome to submit a manuscript about the impacts of other multiple factors, including training procedures, food intake, supplement consumption, sleep, physical condition and so on, on these responses under such settings. This research topic encourages methods and perspectives as well as original research and review articles.
Global warming is ongoing and unpreventable. There is not much good news concerning this problem, including health, climate, air pollution, ocean, urban areas and food systems. The most serious health problem is that the number of exertional heat-related illness cases has been on the rise. However, physical activity (i.e., exercise and physical work) is necessary for humans to live and stay healthy. It is therefore considered that humans should adapt to any environment and/or mitigate environmental heat stress without quitting exercise and work. This means that environmental exercise physiology is challenged to apply global warming adaptation. Hence, researchers need to create future trends in environmental exercise physiology towards global warming especially in thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, body fluid, renal, metabolic, respiratory, neuromuscular and cognitive responses.
The goal of this research topic is to present challenges, highlight applications and create future trends in environmental exercise physiology towards heat stress. It is well recognised that heat acclimatisation/acclimation and higher levels of aerobic fitness are important to prepare for exercising and working in hot environments as they lead to physiological adaptations which increase tolerance to heat stress. Cooling interventions and fluid ingestion are known to be the most effective heat mitigation strategy during physical activity in the heat. Clothing and environmental conditions involving ambient temperature, humidity, wind speed, solar radiation and time-of-day are essential for human health and to safely exercise and work in hot environments. Conditioning procedure is also important in preparation for physical activity in hot conditions. Besides, individuals exercising and working in heat stress environments are likely to be affected by training procedures, food intake, supplement consumption, sleep, physical condition, etc.
In this research topic, we invite researchers to submit manuscripts related to the knowledge of environmental exercise physiology towards heat stress in both able-bodied and disabled individuals. In particular, studies of the effects of heat acclimatisation/acclimation, aerobic fitness, cooling interventions, fluid ingestion, clothing, environmental conditions and conditioning procedure on physiological and cognitive responses during and following physical activity in the heat are welcome to submit. It is of course welcome to submit a manuscript about the impacts of other multiple factors, including training procedures, food intake, supplement consumption, sleep, physical condition and so on, on these responses under such settings. This research topic encourages methods and perspectives as well as original research and review articles.