Cooling vests with phase change materials: The effects of melting temperature on heat strain alleviation in an extremely hot environment

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1207-1216

  Gao, Chuansi ^a   Kuklane, Kalev ^a   Holmér, Ingvar ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cooling vest; Extremely hot environment; Heat strain; Melting temperature; Phase change material (PCM)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEVER; FIRE; HEAT; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEVER; FIRES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958124115     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1748-4     Document Type: Article

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