Efficacy of a heat mitigation strategy on gait in prolonged load carriage

• Main Author: Tay, Cheryl Sihui.
• Other Authors: Kong Pui Wah
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Recreation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52121
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study compared the gait characteristics of participants in a military prolonged load carriage protocol (PLC) while ingesting water (CON) versus ice slurry (ICE) as a heat mitigation strategy. 7 heat acclimatised males volunteered for a 15 km loaded treadmill walk (30 kg) in an environmental cha...