Investgation of Body Temperature Changes of Lower Limb Amputated Athletes at Summer Activity Site and Effect of Body Cooling
【Supercategory：7. DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Subcategory：7.39 Vol.39】
ABSTRACT
There are increasing opportunities for people with impairments to enjoy sports, but there are reports of heat stroke accidents. Understanding of the thermoregulatory mechanism of individuals with spinal cord injuries is progressing, on the other hand, there are many unclear points about lower leg amputees. The purpose of this study is to investigate changes in core body temperature during adapted sports at the summer activity site of lower leg amputation athletes and to clarify the effectiveness of body cooling using ice slurry. The main result was that the core body temperature of the lower limb amputation athletes rose to about 39℃ during the adapted sports and observed that the dehydration rate was high after the sports. In addition, we could not show that body cooling will reduce the rise in core body temperature, but protective efficacy of the high dehydration (heat exhaustion) is expected by body cooling because a dehydration rate was reduced. It was suggested that I helped understanding the risk of the heat stroke and practical measures against heat in the lower limb amputation athletes by this investigation.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.39/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
There are increasing opportunities for people with impairments to enjoy sports, but there are reports of heat stroke accidents. Understanding of the thermoregulatory mechanism of individuals with spinal cord injuries is progressing, on the other hand, there are many unclear points about lower leg amputees. The purpose of this study is to investigate changes in core body temperature during adapted sports at the summer activity site of lower leg amputation athletes and to clarify the effectiveness of body cooling using ice slurry. The main result was that the core body temperature of the lower limb amputation athletes rose to about 39℃ during the adapted sports and observed that the dehydration rate was high after the sports. In addition, we could not show that body cooling will reduce the rise in core body temperature, but protective efficacy of the high dehydration (heat exhaustion) is expected by body cooling because a dehydration rate was reduced. It was suggested that I helped understanding the risk of the heat stroke and practical measures against heat in the lower limb amputation athletes by this investigation.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.39/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
| Researcher | Kouki Fukuhara*1, Masashi Shimada*1, Mitsuki Yamamoto*1, Makoto Asaeda*1, Yukio Mikami*2 |
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| University or institution | *1 Hiroshima University Hospital, Sports Medical Center, *2 Hiroshima University Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation |
Keywords
lower limb amputation, hot environment, body temperature, heatstroke, body cooling