The reliability of a heat acclimation state test prescribed from metabolic heat production intensities

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-45

  Willmott, A G B ^a   Hayes, M ^a   Dekerle, J ^a   Maxwell, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat acclimation; Heat acclimation state; Heat; ; Metabolic heat production; Reliability; Thermosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEAT ACCLIMATION STATE TEST; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE THRESHOLD; MALE; METABOLIC HEAT PRODUCTION; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RELIABILITY; SWEAT GAIN; SWEAT SETPOINT; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOGENESIS; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEATING; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84940174279     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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