The impact of different cooling modalities on the physiological responses in firefighters during strenuous work performed in high environmental temperatures

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 959-967

  Barr, David ^a   Reilly, Thomas ^a   Gregson, Warren ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Cooling strategies; Firefighter; Heat stress; Redeployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FIRE; HEAT; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERMOREGULATION; WORK;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMMERSION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WORK;

EID: 79958126274     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1714-1     Document Type: Article

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