Motorsport and e-sport and Health Sciences
Competitive motor sport requires high levels of physical and cognitive performance whilst experiencing significant environmental, physical, and psychological demands. These include physical work against considerable gravitational and physical forces indoor and outdoor climatic conditions; compulsory safety clothing (fire-protective under-clothing, boots, and gloves).
The proximity to hot engines; pressure to succeed; significance of winning; fear of failure; competitors; observation by spectators and media. Determining the impact of the demands is important to assist maintaining or enhancing physiological and psychological components of performance and to maximize safety and competition outcome. Heart rates ranging 130–200 beats⋅min −1 have been recorded across a range of different motor sport disciplines, conditions and simulated versus real competition scenarios. Previously, higher heart rates in competition were interpreted as primarily “psycho-emotional” in nature; however, measurement and estimation of energy expenditure as 5–13 times higher than resting (METS) illustrate that drivers must work hard to perform accurate physical and cognitive tasks under physiological conditions similar to some other sports. Furthermore, in some motor sports competition duration can be considerably longer, spanning multiple days, which increases the probability that central and peripheral fatigue will influence a performance. The theme of the conference session is “Motorsport and e-sport and Health Sciences.” The aim is also to present the physiological and psychological elements that must be consciously developed in order to compete successfully and protect the healthy.
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