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), Camelbak, Kestrel, Mission,First Line Technology, and Eagle Pharmaceuticals to further advance its efforts and goals.
Recent Research
- Potential use of new cooling technologies during Tokyo 2020 Olympics and associated ethical dilemmas
- Effects of adiposity and body composition on adjusted resting energy expenditure in women
- Heat Acclimation Following Heat Acclimatization Elicits Additional Physiological Improvements in Male Endurance Athletes
- Ethical dilemmas and validity issues related to the use of new cooling technologies and early recognition of exertional heat illness in sport
- Preseason Heat Safety in Secondary School Athletics