文摘
Core temperature measurements were taken throughout rest and 60 min exercise induced hyperthermia, and their agreement with rectal temperature as a reference standard was assessed. Findings in relation to conventional measures of telemetric pill, aural canal and temporal artery temperature highlight that only the telemetric pill showed acceptable limits of agreement when compared to rectal temperature. Novel findings highlighted that thermal imaging showed very poor agreement with rectal temperature when measuring the heat radiation from the inner eye canthus. Further research is required to robustly determine which core temperature measure(s) is the most fit for purpose for monitoring the hyperthermic athlete.