Table 1.

Overview of data management.

Domains
Experiences of training and competition in low temperature	Perceptions and views on temperature limits	Experiences of HME usage	Health consequences from cold exposure and elite skiing
Categories
Bodily sensations—Face, extremities, and airways	Incentives for keeping or adjusting existing rules	Mixed motives for the use of HME	Sensitive airways and/or cold/exertion asthma
Cold management—preventive measures—adaptation	Skiing as work and cold exposure as an occupational hazard	HME—comfort and discomfort	Long‐term problems as an expected consequence of being an elite athlete

Note: Data were systematically sorted into two categories within each of the four domains that were predefined for the aim of the study.

Abbreviation: HME, Heat‐ and moisture‐exchanging device.