Habituation of the metabolic and ventilatory responses to cold-water immersion in humans

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-31

  Tipton, Michael J ^a   Wakabayashi, Hitoshi ^a,b,e   Barwood, Martin J ^a   Eglin, Clare M ^a   Mekjavic, Igor B ^c   Taylor, Nigel A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Body temperature; Cold; Shivering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC HABITUATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SHIVERING; WATER;

EID: 84868524482     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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