Hand immersion in cold water alleviating physiological strain and increasing tolerance to uncompensable heat stress

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-309

  Khomenok, Gennadi A ^a   Hadid, Amir ^a   Preiss Bloom, Orahn ^a   Yanovich, Ran ^a   Erlich, Tomer ^a   Ron Tal, Osnat ^a   Peled, Amir ^a   Epstein, Yoram ^a   Moran, Daniel S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heat storage; Protective clothing; Rectal temperature; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HAND; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; EXERCISE; HAND; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING;

EID: 50449091044     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0693-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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