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Loughborough University and WWR Collaborate Once Again, with Chilling the Game: Mastering cooling strategies for Wheelchair Rugby

Loughborough University and WWR collaborate once again, with Chilling the Game: Mastering cooling strategies for Wheelchair Rugby

A player’s classification, impairment type and physical attributes all contribute to the predisposition of heightened thermal strain in Wheelchair Rugby.

Chilling the Game is a visual aid providing details of pre-, per-, and post-cooling strategies that may be optimal for a wheelchair rugby game. The aid helps players to identify and be consistent with what works best for them.

WWR would like to thank Dr Tom O’Brien, Prof. Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey and colleagues at the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport at Loughborough University for their work on cooling methods for Wheelchair Rugby Athletes.

Chilling the Game: Mastering cooling strategies for Wheelchair Rugby can be found on the WWR Website:

https://worldwheelchair.rugby/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cooling-methods-final-_-June-2023-WWR-approved-ver002.pdf

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