Better understanding the effects of global warming on sports performance

It 's a fact: we are not all equal when it comes to heat. High-level athletes, amateurs, or military personnel on active duty: all can be affected. faced with the growing risk of exertional heatstroke (EHS), which does not only depend on the outside temperature. Unlike "classic" heatstroke, which usually affects fragile people, EHS most often strikes young people with no particular medical history. It manifests as hyperthermia (core temperature generally above 40°C), associated with the acute onset of neurological disorders, during intense physical exertion or immediately after, according to the French Society of Emergency Medicine . If poorly managed, it can lead to death.

The scientific platform "HIPE Human Lab" (Health Improvement through Physical Exercise), inaugurated at the beginning of April at the Faculty of Medical and Paramedical Sciences in Marseille, has the mission of studying the effects of global warming on sports performance and, more broadly, on health, as part of work carried out by doctoral student Dorian Giraud.

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