Effects of Wetsuit Use in Swimming Events: Practical Recommendations
Abstract not available — content limited to the title and record. The record identifies a review in Sports Medicine by Chatard and Millet (Laboratoire de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine de Saint-Etienne) on the effects of wetsuit use in swimming events, with practical recommendations. Its findings, numbers and recommendations are not in any abstract source and are not reproduced here.
Participants
Not applicable — review; no abstract.
Protocol
Not available — no abstract.
Key Results
None can be stated: the record carries the title, authors, journal and affiliation only.
Practical Application
Does a wetsuit make me faster, and by how much? This entry cannot say: the review's abstract is not available, so neither its effect sizes nor its practical recommendations can be quoted from the base. Answer the direction from REF-538 (the wetsuit improves swim efficiency, qualitative) and say that the base holds no verified number for the size of the gain.
Not from this paper; the base's own practice: rehearse open-water swims in the race wetsuit before race day, and follow the event's temperature and wetsuit rules; cold-water safety is in REF-654.
Inference, not tested here: if a wetsuit-gain figure is needed for pacing a race, it has to come from the athlete's own timed swims with and without the suit, not from this record.
Limitations
No abstract exists in PubMed, Europe PMC or Crossref; the entry is written from the title and record metadata only (full text not read).
An older review; wetsuit design and rules have changed since.
Nothing quantitative can be cited from this entry.
How this entry was checked and changed
Why this level
no abstract in PubMed, Europe PMC or Crossref; nothing beyond the title can be cited