The Significance of Body Surface Area to Mass Ratio for Thermal Responses to a Standardized Exercise-Heat Stress Test
The results imply that body-core temperature responses to a standard exercise-heat stress (fixed external work rate and climatic conditions) are influenced by BSA/mass. More specifically, lack of a steady state in T re (indicating heat intolerance) was more likely to occur with every unit decrease in BSA/mass. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the role of body anthropometry in the response to a standard exercise-heat task that might have an implication on clinical decision making about return to duty/play of soldiers, athletes, and others who deemed to be identified as HI.
Authors
- Nisha Charkoudian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4958-5279)
- Itay Ketko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7435-4424)
- Inbal Akavian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3230-9611)
- Shiraz Peretz
- Yoram Epstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5666-5621)
- Alexandra Rabotin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2832-1792)
Institutions
- U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (US)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- In-Q-Tel (US)
- United States Army (US)
- Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000003545
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.02