TY - JOUR T1 - Football and altitude: a FIFA vision JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - i1 LP - i1 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093006 VL - 47 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Michel D'Hooghe Y1 - 2013/12/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/Suppl_1/i1.abstract N2 - In the world of football, the visiting national teams are sometimes confronted with different environmental conditions: heat, cold and different relative humidities are good examples, but the most important one is the practice of football at altitude. In 2007, the Medical Committee of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) had organised a consensus meeting, with 12 international scientists, who have performed their own research in this respect. The consensus provided recommendations and guidelines … ER -