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Kong Y, Zhu X, Yang Y, Xu H, Ma L, Zuo Y. Knowledge, attitudes, practice, and public health education demand regarding PARI prevention: a cross-sectional study among Chinese undergraduates. Front Public Health 2024; 12:1387789. [PMID: 38975360 PMCID: PMC11226332 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1387789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024] Open
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Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of university students in China regarding the need for PARI and public health education. Methods A cross-sectional online and offline survey was conducted in China website through Wenjuanxing and in different cities such as Changsha Hunan Province, Shanghai, Chongqing and in different public scenarios, such as hospitals, universities, and commercial venues between September 1 and September 7, 2023, using a 28-question questionnaire designed and reviewed by multidisciplinary experts. Results A total of 4,096 respondents were recruited for this study, with 3,957 valid questionnaires. The mean knowledge score was 1.84 ± 0.52, the mean attitude score was 2.12 ± 0.51, and the mean practice score was 3.18 ± 0.55. Regression analyses found that: region, grade, school, and weekly anaerobic exercise time were influences on the knowledge score; region, grade, school, and weekly anaerobic exercise time were influences on the attitude score; region, grade, school attended, weekly anaerobic exercise time and weekly anaerobic exercise time as influences on the practice score. Subgroup analyses revealed that undergraduates from southern regions and 985 schools had higher knowledge attitude scores and lower practice scores. As the grade level increased, the knowledge and attitude scores showed a V-shaped trend and the behavior scores showed an inverted V-shaped trend. Correlation analysis found a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude scores, and a negative correlation between both and behavior, respectively. The public health education needs survey found that undergraduate students generally preferred guided instruction methods and content centered on the RICE principles, they preferred learning through books and pamphlets, and they were happy to see relevant content promoted in the campus environment. Conclusion This study shows that Chinese undergraduate students have less knowledge, neutral attitudes, and good behaviors regarding PARI prevention. Special attention should be paid to meeting the needs of undergraduate students for public health education to equip them with relevant knowledge so that they can better behave in PARI prevention.
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- Yuzhe Kong
- Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Prehospital Emergency, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Bach CW, Saracino PG, Baur DA, Willingham BD, Ruby BC, Ormsbee MJ. Cold Ambient Temperature Does Not Alter Subcutaneous Abdominal Adipose Tissue Lipolysis and Blood Flow in Endurance-Trained Cyclists. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 2024; 34:145-153. [PMID: 38330938 DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.2023-0150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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This study sought to investigate the effect of cold ambient temperature on subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SCAAT) lipolysis and blood flow during steady-state endurance exercise in endurance-trained cyclists. Ten males (age: 23 ± 3 years; peak oxygen consumption: 60.60 ± 4.84 ml·kg-1·min-1; body fat: 18.4% ± 3.5%) participated in baseline lactate threshold (LT) and peak oxygen consumption testing, two familiarization trials, and two experimental trials. Experimental trials consisted of cycling in COLD (3 °C; 42% relative humidity) and neutral (NEU; 19 °C; 39% relative humidity) temperatures. Exercise consisted of 25 min cycling at 70% LT and 25 min at 90% LT. In situ SCAAT lipolysis and blood flow were measured via microdialysis. Heart rate, core temperature, carbohydrate and fat oxidation, blood glucose, and blood lactate were also measured. Heart rate, core temperature, oxygen consumption, and blood lactate increased with exercise but were not different between COLD and NEU. SCAAT blood flow did not change from rest to exercise or between COLD and NEU. Interstitial glycerol increased during exercise (p < .001) with no difference between COLD and NEU. Fat oxidation increased (p < .001) at the onset of exercise and remained elevated thereafter with no difference between COLD and NEU. Carbohydrate oxidation increased with increasing exercise intensity and was greater at 70% LT in COLD compared to NEU (p = .030). No differences were observed between conditions for any other variable. Cycling exercise increased SCAAT lipolysis but not blood flow. Ambient temperature did not alter SCAAT metabolism, SCAAT blood flow, or fat oxidation in well-trained cyclists, though cold exposure increased whole-body carbohydrate oxidation at lower exercise intensities.
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- Christopher W Bach
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Department of Human Performance and Health, The University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Department of Human Performance and Wellness, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Department of Kinesiology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USA
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- Montana Center for Work Physiology and Exercise Metabolism, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Department of Biokinetics, Exercise and Leisure Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Herring SA, Kibler WB, Putukian M, Blauwet C, Boyajian-O'Neill LA, Boyd J, Franks RR, Indelicato PA, LeClere LE, Logan C, O'Connor FG, Matuszak J, Roberts WO, Sallis RE. Mass Participation and Tournament Event Management for the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement (2022 Update). Curr Sports Med Rep 2024; 23:143-158. [PMID: 38578492 DOI: 10.1249/jsr.0000000000001160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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ABSTRACT Mass participation events include endurance events (e.g., marathon, triathlon) and/or competitive tournaments (e.g., baseball, tennis, football (soccer) tournaments). Event management requires medical administrative and participant care planning. Medical management provides safety advice and care at the event that accounts for large numbers of participants, anticipated injury and illness, variable environment, repeated games or matches, and mixed age groups of varying athletic ability. This document does not pertain to the care of the spectator.
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- Stanley A Herring
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Lexington Clinic, Shoulder Center of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Sports Medicine, Colorado Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics, Denver, CO
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- Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Excelsior Orthopaedics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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Herring SA, Kibler WB, Putukian M, Blauwet C, Boyajian-O'Neill LA, Boyd J, Franks RR, Indelicato PA, Leclere LE, Logan C, O'Connor FG, Matuszak J, Roberts WO, Sallis R. Mass Participation and Tournament Event Management for the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement (2022 Update). Med Sci Sports Exerc 2024; 56:575-589. [PMID: 38485729 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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ABSTRACT Mass participation events include endurance events (e.g., marathon, triathlon) and/or competitive tournaments (e.g., baseball, tennis, football (soccer) tournaments). Event management requires medical administrative and participant care planning. Medical management provides safety advice and care at the event that accounts for large numbers of participants, anticipated injury and illness, variable environment, repeated games or matches, and mixed age groups of varying athletic ability. This document does not pertain to the care of the spectator.
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- Stanley A Herring
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Lexington Clinic, Shoulder Center of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Sports Medicine, Colorado Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics, Denver, CO
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- Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Excelsior Orthopaedics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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Wallace PJ, Hartley GL, Nowlan JG, Ljubanovich J, Sieh N, Taber MJ, Gagnon DD, Cheung SS. Endurance capacity impairment in cold air ranging from skin cooling to mild hypothermia. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2024; 136:58-69. [PMID: 37942528 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00663.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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We tested the effects of cold air (0°C) exposure on endurance capacity to different levels of cold strain ranging from skin cooling to core cooling of Δ-1.0°C. Ten males completed a randomized, crossover, control study consisting of a cycling time to exhaustion (TTE) at 70% of their peak power output following: 1) 30-min of exposure to 22°C thermoneutral air (TN), 2) 30-min exposure to 0°C air leading to a cold shell (CS), 3) 0°C air exposure causing mild hypothermia of -0.5°C from baseline rectal temperature (HYPO-0.5°C), and 4) 0°C air exposure causing mild hypothermia of -1.0°C from baseline rectal temperature (HYPO-1.0°C). The latter three conditions tested TTE in 0°C air. Core temperature and seven-site mean skin temperature at the start of the TTE were: TN (37.0 ± 0.2°C, 31.2 ± 0.8°C), CS (37.1 ± 0.3°C, 25.5 ± 1.4°C), HYPO-0.5°C (36.6 ± 0.4°C, 22.3 ± 2.2°C), HYPO-1.0°C (36.4 ± 0.5°C, 21.4 ± 2.7°C). There was a significant condition effect (P ≤ 0.001) for TTE, which from TN (23.75 ± 13.75 min) to CS (16.22 ± 10.30 min, Δ-30.9 ± 21.5%, P = 0.055), HYPO-0.5°C (8.50 ± 5.23 min, Δ-61.4 ± 19.7%, P ≤ 0.001), and HYPO-1.0°C (6.50 ± 5.60 min, Δ-71.6 ± 16.4%, P ≤ 0.001). Furthermore, participants had a greater endurance capacity in CS compared with HYPO-0.5°C (P = 0.046), and HYPO-1.0°C (P = 0.007), with no differences between HYPO-0.5°C and HYPO-1.0°C (P = 1.00). Endurance capacity impairment at 70% peak power output occurs early in cold exposure with skin cooling, with significantly larger impairments with mild hypothermia up to Δ-1.0°C.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We developed a novel protocol that cooled skin temperature, or skin plus core temperature (Δ-0.5°C or Δ-1.0 °C), to determine a dose-response of cold exposure on endurance capacity at 70% peak power output. Skin cooling significantly impaired exercise tolerance time by ∼31%, whereas core cooling led to a further reduction of 30%-40% with no difference between Δ-0.5°C and Δ-1.0°C. Overall, simply cooling the skin impaired endurance capacity, but this impairment is further magnified by core cooling.
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- Phillip J Wallace
- Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physical and Health Education, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- N2M Consulting Inc., St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
- Clinic for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki Mäkelänkatu, Helsinki, Finland
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- Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Notley SR, Mitchell D, Taylor NAS. A century of exercise physiology: concepts that ignited the study of human thermoregulation. Part 3: Heat and cold tolerance during exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 2024; 124:1-145. [PMID: 37796292 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-023-05276-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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In this third installment of our four-part historical series, we evaluate contributions that shaped our understanding of heat and cold stress during occupational and athletic pursuits. Our first topic concerns how we tolerate, and sometimes fail to tolerate, exercise-heat stress. By 1900, physical activity with clothing- and climate-induced evaporative impediments led to an extraordinarily high incidence of heat stroke within the military. Fortunately, deep-body temperatures > 40 °C were not always fatal. Thirty years later, water immersion and patient treatments mimicking sweat evaporation were found to be effective, with the adage of cool first, transport later being adopted. We gradually acquired an understanding of thermoeffector function during heat storage, and learned about challenges to other regulatory mechanisms. In our second topic, we explore cold tolerance and intolerance. By the 1930s, hypothermia was known to reduce cutaneous circulation, particularly at the extremities, conserving body heat. Cold-induced vasodilatation hindered heat conservation, but it was protective. Increased metabolic heat production followed, driven by shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis, even during exercise and work. Physical endurance and shivering could both be compromised by hypoglycaemia. Later, treatments for hypothermia and cold injuries were refined, and the thermal after-drop was explained. In our final topic, we critique the numerous indices developed in attempts to numerically rate hot and cold stresses. The criteria for an effective thermal stress index were established by the 1930s. However, few indices satisfied those requirements, either then or now, and the surviving indices, including the unvalidated Wet-Bulb Globe-Thermometer index, do not fully predict thermal strain.
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- Sean R Notley
- Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence, Melbourne, Australia
- School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
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- Research Institute of Human Ecology, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Kriemler S, Mateikaitė-Pipirienė K, Rosier A, Keyes LE, Paal P, Andjelkovic M, Beidleman BA, Derstine M, Pichler Hefti J, Hillebrandt D, Horakova L, Jean D. Frostbite and Mortality in Mountaineering Women: A Scoping Review-UIAA Medical Commission Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol 2023; 24:247-258. [PMID: 37824760 DOI: 10.1089/ham.2023.0040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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Kriemler, Susi, Kastė Mateikaitė-Pipirienė, Alison Rosier, Linda E. Keyes, Peter Paal, Marija Andjelkovic, Beth A. Beidleman, Mia Derstine, Jacqueline Pichler Hefti, David Hillebrandt, Lenka Horakova, and Dominique Jean; for the UIAA MedCom Writing Group on Women's Health in the Mountains. Frostbite and mortality in mountaineering women: a scoping review-UIAA Medical Commission recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 24:247-258, 2023. Background: The harsh environment of high altitudes (HA) poses many serious health risks for mountaineers, including cold injuries and death. The aim of this work was to review whether female mountaineers are at special risk for frostbite or death at HA compared with their male counterparts. Methods: The UIAA Medical Commission convened an international author team to review women's health issues at HA and to publish updated recommendations. Pertinent literature from PubMed and Cochrane was identified with additional publications found by hand search. The primary search focus was for articles assessing cold injuries and death in women mountaineers at HA. Results: We reviewed the literature and identified 20 relevant studies: 2 studies on frostbite at HA, plus 7 studies and 1 report for death at HA. An additional 10 studies about frostbite at low altitude were included. We found that female mountaineers at HA were at lower risk of death than their male counterparts, but sex differences in frostbite were inconclusive. Conclusions: The frequency of cold injuries and mortality in female mountaineers is not yet well studied, and the studies that have been published tend to lack precise exposure data. More studies and registries with sex-differentiated data are needed.
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- Susi Kriemler
- Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Medical Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), Bern, Switzerland
- Diaverum Dialysis Clinic, Elektrėnai, Lithuania
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- Medical Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Medical Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. John of God Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Medical Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), Bern, Switzerland
- Pharmacy, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Military Performance Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Medical Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), Bern, Switzerland
- General Medical Practitioner, Holsworthy, Devon, United Kingdom
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- Medical Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Intensive Care, Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
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- Medical Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), Bern, Switzerland
- Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, and Altitude Medicine, Grenoble, France
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Norheim AJ, Sullivan-Kwantes W, Steinberg T, Castellani J, Friedl KE. The classification of freezing cold injuries - a NATO research task group position paper. Int J Circumpolar Health 2023; 82:2203923. [PMID: 37083565 PMCID: PMC10124983 DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2023.2203923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Freezing cold injuries (FCI) are a common risk in extreme cold weather operations. Although the risks have long been recognised, injury occurrences tend to be sparse and geographically distributed, with relatively few cases to study in a systematic way. The first challenge to improve FCI medical management is to develop a common nomenclature for FCI classification. This is critical for the development of meaningful epidemiological reports on the magnitude and severity of FCI, for the standardisation of patient inclusion criteria for treatment studies, and for the development of clinical diagnosis and treatment algorithms. METHODOLOGY A scoping review of the literature using PubMed and cross-checked with Google Scholar, using search terms related to freezing cold injury and frostbite, highlighted a paucity of published clinical papers and little agreement on classification schemes. RESULTS A total of 74 papers were identified, and 28 were included in the review. Published reports and studies can be generally grouped into four different classification schemes that are based on (1) injury morphology; (2) signs and symptoms; (3) pathophysiology; and (4) clinical outcome. The nomenclature in the different classification systems is not coherent and the discrete classification limits are not evidence based. CONCLUSIONS All the classification systems are necessary and relevant to FCI medical management for sustainment of soldier health and performance in cold weather operations and winter warfare. Future FCI reports should clearly characterise the nature of the FCI into existing classification schemes for surveillance (morphology, symptoms, and appearance), identifying risk-factors, clinical guidelines, and agreed inclusion/exclusion criteria for a future treatment trial.
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- Arne Johan Norheim
- National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Institute of Community Medicine, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Joint medical services, Defence Research and Development Canada-Toronto Research Center, Sessvollmoen
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- National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Institute of Community Medicine, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Armed Forces - Joint Medical Service, Norway
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- U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick MA USA
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- U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick MA USA
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Haman F, Souza SCS, Castellani JW, Dupuis MP, Friedl KE, Sullivan-Kwantes W, Kingma BRM. Human vulnerability and variability in the cold: Establishing individual risks for cold weather injuries. Temperature (Austin) 2022; 9:158-195. [DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2022.2044740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- François Haman
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,Ontario, Canada
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- Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, USA
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,Ontario, Canada
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- Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, USA
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- Biophysics and Biomedical Modeling Division, Defence Research Development Canada-Toronto, Defence Research and Development Canada, Ontario, Canada
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- Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Department of Human Performance, Unit Defence, Safety and Security, Soesterberg, The Netherlands
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