The effect of seasonal acclimatization on whole body heat loss response during exercise in a hot humid environment with different air velocity
Tze‐Huan Lei, Masashi Fujiwara, Nicola Gerrett, Tatsuro Amano, Toby Mündel, Yoshimitsu Inoue, Dai Okushima, Takeshi Nishiyasu, Narihiko Kondo
Abstract
Seasonal acclimatization to humid heat enhances eccrine sweat gland function and thus results in a higher local and whole body sweat rate but does not attenuate T core during exercise in a hot-humid environment. Sweating efficiency is lower after seasonal acclimatization to humid heat compared with preacclimatization with and without the increase of air velocity. However, having a lower sweating efficiency does not mitigate the T core response during exercise in a hot-humid environment.
Topics & Concepts
AcclimatizationSWEATThermoregulationAnimal scienceChemistryBiologyMedicineEcologyInternal medicineThermoregulation and physiological responsesInfrared Thermography in MedicineExercise and Physiological Responses