Nonshivering thermoregulatory responses in trained athletes: Effects of physical fitness and body fat

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Yoshida, Tetsuya ^a   Nagashima, Kei ^a   Nakai, Seiichi ^a   Yorimoto, Akira ^a   Kawabata, Takashi ^a   Morimoto, Taketoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold; Heat production; Maximal oxygen uptake; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY FAT; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; ESOPHAGUS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPORTS;

EID: 0031827019     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.48.143     Document Type: Article

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