The ingestible telemetric body core temperature sensor: A review of validity and exercise applications

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 126-133

  Byrne, Christopher ^a   Lim, Chin Leong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REVIEW; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRAINING;

BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34147201241     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.026344     Document Type: Review

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