BREAKING NEWS: The Smart Heart Sports Coalition announced by The National Football League

NEWS
- KSI and PlaySafe Advocate for Athletic Trainers at High Schools
- NFL Webinar on Heat Stroke with Dr. Doug Casa (Registration)
- America’s No. 1 Weather Killer Is Not Tornadoes, Flooding, Lightning or Hurricanes
- All Things AT: Behind the Tape: Dr. Douglas Casa, January 29th, 2021
- Heat is killing more people than ever. Scientists are looking for ways to lower the risk (Science)
- Healthy Young Athlete Podcast June 29th, 2020 What you need to know about EHS
- CIAC Distributes Cold Water Immersion Tubs to 74 Schools (CIAC Sports)
- NFL Partner Korey Stringer Institute Drives Progress in Safety (Player Health)
- Korey Stringer Institute: Progress Made in High School Sports Safety Policies (UCONN Today)
- Returning To Training During A Pandemic (ThreeCycleStrength)
- One in three U.S. high schools have no athletic trainers (Reuters)
- The risks athletes face when there is a lack of athletic trainers
- Standing Tall:Swoboda Overcomes Life-Threatening Ordeal-VirginiaSports
- Collapse and Confusion: The Death of a Juco Football Player (SI)
- Soccer and Extreme Heat: US-France World Cup Match (GMA)
ACSM Expert Consensus Statement on Extertional Heat Illness

In August 2001, Korey Stringer, a Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman, passed away from exertional heat stroke. During Korey's five-year tenure in the NFL he earned pro-bowl honors. Since the time of Korey's death, his wife, Kelci, worked tirelessly to develop an exertional heat stroke prevention institute to honor her husband's legacy. To that end, she joined forces with exertional heat stroke expert Douglas Casa, Ph.D, ATC, at the University of Connecticut to make this dream a reality and the institute came to fruition in April 2010.
The mission of the Korey Stringer Institute is to provide research, education, advocacy and consultation to maximize performance, optimize safety and prevent sudden death for the athlete, warfighter and laborer.
KSI is partnered with the National Football League (NFL), Gatorade, National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA), Mission, Camelbak, Kestrel, Defib Tech, and First Line Technology to further advance its efforts and goals.
Recent News
- KSI and PlaySafe Advocate for Athletic Trainers at High Schools January 12, 2023
- NFL Webinar on Heat Stroke with Dr. Doug Casa (Registration) July 24, 2021
- America’s No. 1 Weather Killer Is Not Tornadoes, Flooding, Lightning or Hurricanes June 7, 2021
- All Things AT: Behind the Tape: Dr. Douglas Casa, January 29th, 2021 February 10, 2021
- Heat is killing more people than ever. Scientists are looking for ways to lower the risk (Science) December 6, 2020
- Healthy Young Athlete Podcast June 29th, 2020 What you need to know about EHS December 6, 2020
- CIAC Distributes Cold Water Immersion Tubs to 74 Schools (CIAC Sports) December 6, 2020
- NFL Partner Korey Stringer Institute Drives Progress in Safety (Player Health) December 6, 2020
- Korey Stringer Institute: Progress Made in High School Sports Safety Policies (UCONN Today) August 15, 2020
- Returning To Training During A Pandemic (ThreeCycleStrength) June 18, 2020
- One in three U.S. high schools have no athletic trainers (Reuters) December 12, 2019
- The risks athletes face when there is a lack of athletic trainers November 20, 2019
- Standing Tall:Swoboda Overcomes Life-Threatening Ordeal-VirginiaSports August 24, 2019
- Collapse and Confusion: The Death of a Juco Football Player (SI) July 3, 2019
- Soccer and Extreme Heat: US-France World Cup Match (GMA) June 30, 2019
Recent Research
- Environmental Stress Symptoms during Heat Acclimatization, Heat Acclimation, and Intermittent Heat Training February 25, 2023CONCLUSIONS: ESQ symptoms improved during HAz, HA, and HT 2x/week. ESQ symptoms were not statistically correlated with HR during exercise heat stress. TS was not sensitive to detecting adaptation and did not subjectively change. The ESQ may be valuable in monitoring adaptation and may contribute to performance post-acclimation.Ciara N Manning
- Analysis of Exertion-Related Injuries and Fatalities in Laborers in the United States February 11, 2023Laborers are particularly vulnerable to exertional injuries and illnesses, as they often engage in heavy physical work for prolonged hours, yet no studies have examined the top causes of catastrophic exertional injuries and fatalities among this population. The purpose of the investigation was to characterize the top causes of exertional injury and fatality within open […]Margaret C Morrissey
- Limitations associated with thermoregulation and cardiovascular research assessing laborers performing work in the heat February 7, 2023CONCLUSIONS: Studies were predominantly in men (91.5%), laboratory settings (57%), and "healthy" individuals (96.2%). To advance equity in protection against occupational heat stress and better inform future heat safety recommendations to protect all workers, future studies must focus on addressing these limitations. Employers, supervisors, and other safety stakeholders should consider these limitations while implementing current […]Margaret C Morrissey
- Prospective Validation of 2B-Cool : Integrating Wearables and Individualized Predictive Analytics to Reduce Heat Injuries February 2, 2023CONCLUSION: 2B-Cool provides early warning of a rising T C with a sufficient lead time to enable clinical interventions and to help reduce the risk of exertional heat illness.Srinivas Laxminarayan
- Comparison between digital and paper urine color to assess hydration status February 1, 2023CONCLUSIONS: Strong associations were found between digital and paper urine colors with no proportional bias. Furthermore, the degree of associations with USG and UOsmo was similar between digital and paper urine color. These results indicate that digital urine color is a useful tool to assess hydration status and this method could be used as an […]Yasuki Sekiguchi