The effectiveness of hand cooling at reducing exercise-induced hyperthermia and improving distance-race performance in wheelchair and able-bodied athletes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Goosey Tolfrey, Victoria ^a,c   Swainson, Michelle ^a   Boyd, Craig ^a   Atkinson, Greg ^b   Tolfrey, Keith ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aural temperature; Cooling strategies; Intestinal temperature; Reliability; Wheelchair sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUDITORY CANAL; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; WHEELCHAIR; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HAND; INTESTINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RUNNING; TELEMETRY; TENNIS;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RUNNING; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TELEMETRY; TENNIS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 50649083303     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01084.2007     Document Type: Article

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