Changes in thermal homeostasis in humans due to repeated cold water immersions

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 432, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 368-372

  Jansky L ^a   Janakova H ^a   Ulicny B ^b   Sramek P ^a   Hosek V ^a   Heller, J ^a   Parizkova J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body fat; Cold acclimation; Cold sensation; Regulation of thermal homeostasis; Water immersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOLUNTEER; WATER IMMERSION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AEROBIOSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SHIVERING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030057167     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050146     Document Type: Article

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