RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Personal strategies to mitigate the effects of air pollution exposure during sport and exercise: a narrative review and position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 193
OP 202
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106161
VO 57
IS 4
A1 Andy Hung
A1 Sarah Koch
A1 Valerie Bougault
A1 Cameron Marshall Gee
A1 Romulo Bertuzzi
A1 Malindi Elmore
A1 Paddy McCluskey
A1 Laura Hidalgo
A1 Judith Garcia-Aymerich
A1 Michael Stephen Koehle
YR 2023
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/4/193.abstract
AB Air pollution is among the leading environmental threats to health around the world today, particularly in the context of sports and exercise. With the effects of air pollution, pollution episodes (eg, wildfire conflagrations) and climate change becoming increasingly apparent to the general population, so have their impacts on sport and exercise. As such, there has been growing interest in the sporting community (ie, athletes, coaches, and sports science and medicine team members) in practical personal-level actions to reduce the exposure to and risk of air pollution. Limited evidence suggests the following strategies may be employed: minimising all exposures by time and distance, monitoring air pollution conditions for locations of interest, limiting outdoor exercise, using acclimation protocols, wearing N95 face masks and using antioxidant supplementation. The overarching purpose of this position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology is to detail the current state of evidence and provide recommendations on implementing these personal strategies in preventing and mitigating the adverse health and performance effects of air pollution exposure during exercise while recognising the limited evidence base.