Running economy, not aerobic fitness, independently alters thermoregulatory responses during treadmill running

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1451-1459

  Smoljanić, Jovana ^a   Morris, Nathan B ^a,b   Dervis, Sheila ^a   Jay, Ollie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Experimental design; Heat balance; Sweating; Vo2max

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOSENSING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919384039     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00665.2014     Document Type: Article

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