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Athletic Performance Following Rapid Traversal of Multiple Time Zones
- Source :
- Sports Medicine. 10:20-30
- Publication Year :
- 1990
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1990.
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Abstract
- Athletes travel across multiple time zones in order to engage in national or international competition. It has often been assumed that rapid transmeridian translocation has a negative impact on athletic performance. However, the available studies are characterised by major methodological problems. Consequently, no compelling evidence exists demonstrating that air travel adversely influences athletic performance. Evidence suggests that distance and sprint running performance, as well as dynamic muscular strength and endurance of the elbow flexors, is impaired following west-east travel across 6 times zones in untrained individuals. However, there is no evidence that these findings for untrained subjects generalise to athletes. Both physiological and psychological mechanisms might account for potential effects of travel on athletic performance, but little is known about these potential mechanisms with regards to athletic performance. Systematic research is needed if the relationship between air travel and athletic performance is to be elucidated.
- Subjects :
- Travel
medicine.medical_specialty
Aircraft
biology
Athletes
Human factors and ergonomics
Poison control
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Efficiency
biology.organism_classification
Physical strength
Suicide prevention
Time
Causality
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Sprint
Risk Factors
Injury prevention
Multiple time
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Psychology
human activities
Sports
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01121642
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sports Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ff4a0a924db5b8d24bc5ad9c2e219fca