Effect of base layer materials on physiological and perceptual responses to exercise in personal protective equipment

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 428-436

  Smith, Denise L ^a   Arena, Logan ^a   DeBlois, Jacob P ^a,b   Haller, Jeannie M ^a   Hultquist, Eric M ^a   Lefferts, Wesley K ^a   Russell, Tim ^a   Wu, Annie ^a   Fehling, Patricia C ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothing; Firefighting; Heat stress

Indexed keywords

COTTON; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRES; HEAT LOSSES; MATERIALS TESTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; WOOL; YARN;

CLOTHING; FIREFIGHTING; HEAT STRESS; MATERIALS PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTIONS; THERMAL PROTECTIVE PERFORMANCE;

IMAGE CODING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORE TEMPERATURE; COTTON; EXERCISE; EXERCISE RECOVERY; HEART RATE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROTECTIVE PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED; WOOL; YOUNG ADULT;

CLOTHING; FIREFIGHTING; HEAT STRESS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FIREFIGHTERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING; TOUCH;

EID: 84892870839     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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