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Human Thermoregulatory Responses to Acute Cold Stress with Special Reference to Water Immersion

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Metabolic Adjustments to the Cold
1.1 Critical Temperature
1.2 Thermogenesis Below Critical Temperature
2 Heat Transfer and Thermal Adjustments to the Cold
2.1 Skin‐to‐Water Heat Transfer
2.2 Core‐to‐Skin Heat Transfer
2.3 Core‐to‐Core Heat Transfer
2.4 Core‐to‐Environment Heat Transfer
3 Thermal Balance in the Cold
3.1 Thermal Balance by Analysis of Survival Data
3.2 Thermal Balance Assessed by Thermal Models
3.3 Stability of Skin and Core Temperatures
3.4 Still Conditions vs. Voluntary Exertion
Figure 1. Figure 1.

Physiological and physical components of heat transfer from core to the environment.

Modified from Bullard and Rapp 16


Figure 1.

Physiological and physical components of heat transfer from core to the environment.

Modified from Bullard and Rapp 16
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Michael M. Toner, William D. McArdle. Human Thermoregulatory Responses to Acute Cold Stress with Special Reference to Water Immersion. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology: 379-397. First published in print 1996. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp040117