Human Responses to Exercise-Heat Stress

Abstract

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the normal human physiological responses to environmental and exercise-related heat stress, with emphasis placed on acute heat exposure and acclimation produced by repeated heat exposure. In addition, the report reviews biomedical factors that modify exercise-heat tolerance such as aerobic fitness, dehydration, circadian patterns and sleep loss and medications. Also, the report reviews thermoregulatory responses of special populations such as women, blacks, children, older adults and spinal cord injured populations. Temperature Regulation, Body temperature, Heat stress, Heat loss, Sweating, Skin blood flow

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272581

Entities

People

  • C. Bruce. Wenger
  • Kent B. Pandolf
  • Michael N. Sawka

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acclimatization
  • Anesthesia
  • Blood
  • Blood Volume
  • Body Temperature
  • Brain
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Central Nervous System
  • Chemistry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Nervous System
  • North America
  • Skin Diseases
  • Spinal Cord

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Women's Health and Cancer Risk Research: African American Women and Pregnancy Outcomes.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology