International Olympic Committee consensus statement on thermoregulatory and altitude challenges for high-level athletes

MF Bergeron; R Bahr; P Bärtsch; L Bourdon; JAL Calbet; KH Carlsen; O Castagna; J González-Alonso; C Lundby; RJ Maughan; G Millet; M Mountjoy; S Racinais; P Rasmussen; AW Subudhi; AJ Young; T Soligard; L Engebretsen

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MF Bergeron 1National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute, USA2Department of Paediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota, Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Bahr 3Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
P Bärtsch 4Department of Internal Medicine, Division VII: Sports Medicine, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Bourdon 5Institut de recherche biomedicale de defense - Ecole du Val-de-Grace (IRBA-EVDG), Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
JAL Calbet 6Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
KH Carlsen 7Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway8Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway9Department of Paediatrics, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
O Castagna 5Institut de recherche biomedicale de defense - Ecole du Val-de-Grace (IRBA-EVDG), Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J González-Alonso 10Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Lundby 11ZIHP and Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
RJ Maughan 12School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom PubMed articles Google scholar articles
G Millet 13ISSUL Institute of Sport Sciences, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Mountjoy 14Medical Commission, Fédération Internationale de Natation, Lausanne, Switzerland15Medical Commission, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland16McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Racinais 17ASPETAR, Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Research and Education Centre, Doha, Qatar PubMed articles Google scholar articles
P Rasmussen 11ZIHP and Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland18Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
AW Subudhi 19Medical Committee, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Zurich, Switzerland20Medical Commission, Badminton World Federation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia21Medical Committee, Asian Football Confederation, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
AJ Young 22Department of Biology and Altitude Research Center, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Anschutz Medical Campuses, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
T Soligard 23Military Nutrition Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Engebretsen 24Medical & Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Lars Engebretsen, University of Oslo/IOC Medical& Scientific Department, Orthopaedic Surgery, Kirkeveien 111, Oslo 0407, Norway; lars.engebretsen{at}medisin.uio.no

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Bergeron M, Bahr R, Bärtsch P, et al

International Olympic Committee consensus statement on thermoregulatory and altitude challenges for high-level athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012;46:770-779.

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Received April 17, 2012
Accepted April 23, 2012
First published June 9, 2012.

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