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Comment on “Effects of Heat Acclimation and Acclimatisation on Maximal Aerobic Capacity Compared to Exercise Alone in Both Thermoneutral and Hot Environments: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression”

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A Letter to the Editor to this article was published on 07 December 2021

A Letter to the Editor to this article was published on 07 December 2021

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The authors would like to thank Professor Franco Impellizzeri, Professor Adrian Barnett and Dr John Osborne for their valuable feedback and statistical viewpoint.

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  1. Menzies Health Institute Queensland, The Hopkins Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

    David N. Borg

  2. School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

    David N. Borg

  3. School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Julia L. O’Brien

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DNB wrote the first draft of the letter. DNB and JLO extracted, analysed, and interpreted the data. DNB and JLO revised the letter. DNB and JLO read and approved the final letter.

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The data and R code are available at https://github.com/SciBorgo/ha-vo2max.

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David N. Borg and Julia L. O’Brien declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this letter.

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Borg, D.N., O’Brien, J.L. Comment on “Effects of Heat Acclimation and Acclimatisation on Maximal Aerobic Capacity Compared to Exercise Alone in Both Thermoneutral and Hot Environments: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression”. Sports Med 52, 1715–1718 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-021-01611-w

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