Effect of water temperature on cooling efficiency during hyperthermia in humans
1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5; and 2 Defence R&D Canada-Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3M 3B9 We evaluated the cooling rate of hyperthermic subjects, as measured by rectal temperature (T re ), during immersion in a range of water temperatures. On 4 sepa...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of applied physiology (1985) 2003-04, Vol.94 (4), p.1317-1323 |
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Zusammenfassung: | 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa,
Ottawa K1N 6N5; and 2 Defence R&D Canada-Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3M 3B9
We evaluated the cooling rate of
hyperthermic subjects, as measured by rectal temperature
(T re ), during immersion in a range of water temperatures.
On 4 separate days, seven subjects (4 men, 3 women) exercised at 65%
maximal oxygen consumption at an ambient temperature of 39°C until
T re increased to 40°C (45.4 ± 4.1 min). After
exercise, the subjects were immersed in a circulated water bath
controlled at 2, 8, 14, or 20°C until T re returned to
37.5°C. No difference in cooling rate was observed between the
immersions at 8, 14, and 20°C despite the differences in the skin
surface-to-water temperature gradient, possibly because of the presence
of shivering at 8 and 14°C. Compared with the other conditions,
however, the rate of cooling (0.35 ± 0.14°C/min) was
significantly greater during the 2°C water immersion, in which
shivering was seldom observed. This rate was almost twice as much as
the other conditions ( P |
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ISSN: | 8750-7587 1522-1601 |
DOI: | 10.1152/japplphysiol.00541.2002 |