Individual differences in self-reported heat tolerance. Is there a link to the cardiocirculatory, thermoregulatory and hormonal response to endurance exercise in heat?

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 386-392

  Niess, A M ^a   Fehrenbach, E ^b   Roecker, K ^a   Lehmann, R ^b   Opavsky, L ^b   Dickhuth, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Exercise; Heat stress disorders; Hydrocortisone; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEAT; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELF REPORT; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPINEPHRINE; EXERCISE; HEAT; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LACTIC ACID; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SWEATING;

EID: 0345169094     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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