Passive heat acclimation improves skeletal muscle contractility in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 312, Issue 1, 2017, Pages R101-R107

  Racinais, S ^a   Wilson, M G ^a   Periard J D ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heat therapy; Hyperthermia; Performance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HEAT TOLERANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THERMOTOLERANCE;

EID: 85009875679     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00431.2016     Document Type: Article

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