Morphological dependency of cutaneous blood flow and sweating during compensable heat stress when heat-loss requirements are matched across participants

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-35

  Notley, Sean R ^a   Park, Joonhee ^a   Tagami, Kyoko ^a   Ohnishi, Norikazu ^a,b   Taylor, Nigel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MIE PREFECTURAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous blood flow; Heat exchange; Morphology; Surface area; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SKIN; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST; SKIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWEATING; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983740640     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00151.2016     Document Type: Article

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