Authors : Damodare S . L .
Page Nos : 393-394
Description :
India as a nation that lies in the tropical zone. It has around 200 days of solar radiation. Thus
barring the northern hilly areas, most of the regions have intense hot climate leading to continuous heat.
Humans indulgin
g in sports have to encounter heat while performing different sports events. Athletes in
particular, lose a lot of body fluids when the surrounding temperatures shoot above 40oC. How sweating
places stress on the muscles to sustain work and on the skin
to cool the body to keep the body
temperature to an optimum 37 oC needs to be studied. In ideal case the heat removal should exceed the
heat produced to keep the body temperature a constant. As the temperature increases the heart has to
pump more blood f
rom the core of the body to the skin to extract heat and maintain the fixed body
temperature. Long duration events reduce the endurance capacity of an athlete. Proper intake of fluids
along with water are advised for better performance and mitigation from
any physical injury. The loss of
vital nutrients and electrolytes during events in scorching heat in tropical areas need to be compensated
by well balanced diet with proper fluids with electrolytes and glucose after every rigorous exercise and
followed goo
d rest.
