Measurement and prediction of peak shivering intensity in humans

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 100-106

  Eyolfson, D A ^a   Tikuisis, P ^a   Xu, X ^a   Weseen, G ^a   Giesbrecht, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold water immersion; Hypothermia; Metabolic heat production; Modelling; Shivering metabolism; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC RATE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMORECEPTOR; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; WARMING; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0035109456     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210000329     Document Type: Article

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