A real-time heat strain risk classifier using heart rate and skin temperature

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Buller, Mark J ^a   Latzka, William A ^a   Yokota, Miyo ^a   Tharion, William J ^a   Moran, Daniel S ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heart rate and skin temperature; Heat strain classification; Physiological strain index; Real time physiological monitoring; Risk based classification

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; PATIENT MONITORING; PELLETIZING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HEART RATE AND SKIN TEMPERATURE; HEART-RATE; HEAT STRAIN CLASSIFICATION; HEAT STRAINS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAIN INDEX; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAINS; REAL- TIME; REAL-TIME PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; RISK-BASED; RISK-BASED CLASSIFICATION; SKIN TEMPERATURES; STRAIN INDEX;

HEART;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEAT; HEAT EXHAUSTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449098841     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/12/N01     Document Type: Article

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