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Precooling was via chest-deep immersion (~24\u00b0C) for 1 hour or until core temperature dropped 0.5\u00b0C. Participants then cycled at 95% ventilatory threshold in a hot environment (temperature = 30\u00b0C, relative humidity = 50%) until volitional exhaustion, core temperature reached &amp;gt;39.5\u00b0C, or heart rate reached &amp;gt;95% of maximum.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s):<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Thermal strain was assessed via core temperature (esophageal and rectal thermistors) and mean skin temperature (thermistors at 10 sites) and cardiovascular strain via heart rate and ratings of perceived exertion.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Endurance time (28 \u00b1 12 minutes without precooling or airflow) increased by 30 \u00b1 23 minutes with airflow (~109%; 95% confidence interval = 12, 45 minutes; P &amp;lt; .001) and by 16 \u00b1 15 minutes with precooling (~61%; 95% confidence interval = 4, 25 minutes; P = .013), but it was not further extended when the strategies were combined (29 \u00b1 21 minutes longer than control). During cycling without precooling or airflow, mean core and skin temperatures were higher than in all other trials. Precooling reduced heart rate by 7\u201311 beats\/min during the first 5 minutes of exercise, but this attenuation ended by 15 minutes.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Most laboratory-based precooling studies have (inadvertently) overestimated the extent of the physiologic and ergogenic benefits for typical athlete-endurance situations. Precooling increases work capacity effectively when airflow is restricted but may have little or no benefit when airflow is present.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-49.3.27","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,8,21]],"date-time":"2014-08-21T18:16:58Z","timestamp":1408645018000},"page":"632-639","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["Importance of Airflow for Physiologic and Ergogenic Effects of Precooling"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"49","author":[{"given":"Shawnda A.","family":"Morrison","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Cheung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Brock University, St Catharines, ON, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James D.","family":"Cotter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Otago, Dunedin, 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