Improved running performance in hot humid conditions following whole body precooling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 943-949

  Booth, John ^a   Marino, Frank ^a   Ward, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Heat storage; Thermal strain; Thermoregulation; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SWEATING;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 0030738457     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199707000-00014     Document Type: Article

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