Tympanic temperature and heart rate changes in firefighters during treadmill runs performed with different fireproof jackets

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 502-512

  Ftaiti, Foued ^a   Duflot, Jean Claude ^a   Nicol, Caroline ^a   GrÉlot, Laurent ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass loss; Fire jackets; Heart rate; Treadmill run; Tympanic temperature

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

TYMPANIC TEMPERATURES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FIRE FIGHTER; FIRE PROTECTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TEXTILE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FIRES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STRESS;

EID: 0035870997     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130118503     Document Type: Article

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