Factors limiting cold-water swimming distance while wearing personal floatation devices

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 24-29

  Wallingford, Ronald ^a   Ducharme, Michel B ^b   Pommier, Eugene ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

^c St Joseph Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidental immersion; Adiposity; Aerobic capacity; Cooling rate; Rectal temperature

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLOTHING; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0034071961     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050647     Document Type: Article

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