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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 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