Motion sickness increases the risk of accidental hypothermia

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-55

  Nobel, Gerard ^a,b   Eiken, Ola ^b   Tribukait, Arne ^b   Kölegård, Roger ^b   Mekjavic, Igor B ^c  

^a Royal Netherlands Navy   (Netherlands)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Body temperature regulation; Shivering; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOREARM; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMMERSION; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOTION SICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATION; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOGENESIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHIVERING;

EID: 33748095178     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0217-6     Document Type: Article

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