About 5 — Sports Performance Lab, Texas Tech University

Research Publications

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Ky AT, Dunn RA, Keefe MS, Sekiguchi Y. Thirst Modulates Parasympathetic Recovery: Comparing Oral and Intravenous Rehydration (2025). Physiologia. 5(16): 1-9.
Sekiguchi Y, Adams WM, Hosokawa Y, Benjamin CL, Stearns RL, Huggins RA, Casa DJ. Customizing Individual Heat Mitigation Strategies to Optimize Performance in Elite Athletes (2025). Frontiers in Physiology. 16:1-16.
Ky AT, Giersch GEW, Sekiguchi Y*, Dunn L, Casa DJ, Armstrong LE, Lee EC. Mild Dehydration by 24h Fluid Restriction Led to Difficulty Falling Sleeping and Increased Sleep Duration (2025). SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine. 7(16): 1-7.
Armstrong LE, Stearns RL, Huggins RA, Sekiguchi Y, Mershon AJ, Casa DJ. Reference Values for Hydration Biomarkers: Optimizing Athletic Performance and Recovery (2025). Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine.16:31-50.
Keefe MS, Luk HY, JRolloque JJS, Jiwan NC, Sekiguchi Y. Hydration Assessment in Males and Females using the WUT (Weight, Urine Color, and Thirst) Venn Diagram compared to Blood and Urinary Indices (2025). Nutrient. 14; 17 (4), 689:1-10.
Appell CR, Jiwan NC, Sekiguchi Y, Luk HY. Passive Dehydration Reduces Muscle Thickness After Resistance Exercise (2025). Journal of Sports Sciences. 43 (4), 336: 336-347.
Dunn RA, Tinsley GM, Palmer TB, Benjamin CL, Sekiguchi Y. The Efficacy of Nutritional Strategies and Ergogenic Aids on Acute Responses and Chronic Adaptations to Exertional-Heat Exposure: A Narrative Review (2024). Nutrient. 5;16 (22), 3792:1-25.
Keefe MS, Benjamin CL, Casa DJ, Sekiguchi Y. Importance of Electrolytes on Exercise Performance and Assessment Methodology after Heat Training: A Narrative Review (2024). Applied Sciences. 14 (22), 10103: 1-12.
Elliott KB, Keefe MS, Rolloque JJS, Jiwan NC, Dunn RA, Luk HY, Sekiguchi Y. Relationships between Morning Thirst and Later Hydration Status and Total Water Intake (2024). Nutrient. 16 (18), 3212: 1-10.
Dunn RA, Luk HY, Appell CR, Jiwan NC, Keefe MS, Rolloque JJS, Sekiguchi Y. Eccentric muscle-damaging exercise in the heat lowers cellular stress prior to and immediately following future exertional-heat exposure (2024). Cell Stress and Chaperones. 29 (3):472-482.
Dunn RA, Fry LA, Sekiguchi Y*, Benjamin CL, Manning CN, Higgins RA, Stearns RL, Casa DJ. The Effects of Heat Acclimatization, Heat Acclimation, and Intermittent Heat Training on Maximal Oxygen Update (2024). Sports Health. 27(2): 305-311.
Keefe MS, Luk HY, Rolloque JJS, Sekiguchi Y. The WUT (Weight, Urine Color, and Thirst) Venn Diagram Accurately Assesses Hydration Status in Males and Females (2024). British Journal of Nutrition. 14; 131(7): 1181-1188.
Sekiguchi Y, Hosokawa Y, Dadzie E, Lopez III V, Bivona JJ, Thornton SN, Jardine JF, Casa DJ, Elaine C. Lee EC. Change in Interleukin (IL)-6, 8, and 10 and its Association with an Increase in Core Temperature following a 7-mile Running Race in the Warm Weather (2024). Research in Sports Medicine. 33 (1): 107-116.