Heat training increases exercise capacity in hot but not in temperate conditions: A mechanistic counter-balanced cross-over study

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 5, 2015, Pages H750-H761

  Keiser, Stefanie ^a   Flück, Daniela ^a   Hüppin, Fabienne ^b   Stravs, Alexander ^b   Hilty, Matthias P ^c   Lundby, Carsten ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood volume; Hyperthermia; Performance; Temperature; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART OUTPUT; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; HYPERVOLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEATING; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEAT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84940753057     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00138.2015     Document Type: Article

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