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Infographic. Thermoregulatory impairment in athletes with a spinal cord injury
  1. Katy Ellen Griggs1,2,
  2. George Havenith3,
  3. Michael J Price4,
  4. Victoria L Goosey-Tolfrey1
  1. 1 School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, The National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
  2. 2 Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University - Clifton Campus, Nottingham, UK
  3. 3 Design School, Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
  4. 4 School of Life Sciences, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
  1. Correspondence to Prof Victoria L Goosey-Tolfrey, The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, School for Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, The National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Leics LE11 3TU, UK; v.l.tolfrey{at}lboro.ac.uk

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Presented in this infographic is a summary of studies investigating the thermoregulatory impairment of athletes with a spinal cord injury (SCI) during real-world sporting scenarios.1–3 The infographic depicts the heightened thermal strain experienced by athletes with tetraplegia (high-level lesions), both compared with athletes with paraplegia (low-level lesions) and within …

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  • Contributors All the authors were all involved in the design, analysis and contributed towards writing of the manuscripts of the studies highlighted in the infographic. All authors wrote the manuscripts highlighted in the infographic. KEG and VLG-T were involved in the main design of the infographic.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

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  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

  • Correction notice This article has been corrected since it published Online First. The contributors statement has been corrected.