The Effect of Clothing on Thermoregulatory Responses of Human Body in a Hot Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jelka Geršak and Milan Marčič
2010 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
Juan F. Ortega ◽  
Nassim Hamouti ◽  
Jesus Gimenez ◽  
Ricardo Mora-Rodriguez

Author(s):  
Radostina A. Angelova

Smart and intelligent textiles together with wearable devices for cooling the human body assure active protection of the human body in a hot environment. The purpose of this article is to present the recent inventions in the field of wearable technologies and high-performance apparel that helps the thermophysiological comfort of people in high-temperature environments. The work of the thermoregulatory system when the body heat storage is higher than the heat dissipation from the body to the environment is presented together with experimental results from thermograms during physical exercise. High-performance textiles, used in sports apparel, are analyzed in terms of their ability to cool the human body during high metabolic activity. Wearable devices for helping the thermophysiological comfort in the hot are also discussed.


1979 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 813-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Francesconi ◽  
M. Mager

To study the effects of preinduced hypothermia on the physiological and thermoregulatory responses to exercise in the heat rats were intravenously administered either 100 micrograms of chlorpromazine (CPZ) or 200 mg/kg of L-tryptophan (L-Trp) under restraint in a cold (4 degrees C) environment. When rectal temperatures (Tre) reached 32–33 degrees C the rats were removed to a hot environment (35 degrees C) where they ran on a level treadmill (9.14 m/min) to hyperthermic exhaustion (Tre, 42.5–43 degrees C). Both CPZ and L-trp hypothermia was effective in increasing significantly (P less than 0.001) the time to hyperthermic exhaustion. However, the maximal Tre and skin temperatures (Tsk) attained were unaffected by either treatment. When the rats exercised on the treadmill, increments (degrees C/min) in Tre and Tsk were significantly (P less than 0.02, minimal) greater for the initially hypothermic animals compared to normothermic controls. Cooling rates were unaffected by either treatment. We concluded from these studies that, although preinduced hypothermia is extremely effective in prolonging the time to hyperthermic exhaustion, no additional beneficial thermoregulatory responses accrued as a result of this treatment.


2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROMI SHIN-YA ◽  
TETSUYA YOSHIDA ◽  
EIITI TAKAIIASHI ◽  
HIDEYUKI TSUNEOKA ◽  
SEIICHI NAKAI

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 189-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Fu ◽  
Wenguo Weng ◽  
Weiwang Chen ◽  
Na Luo

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (suppl. 1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Lijuan Wang ◽  
Yudong Wang ◽  
Guohua Tian ◽  
Yuhui Di

Human body can operate physiological thermoregulation system when it is exposed to cold or hot environment. Whether it can do the same work when a local part of body is stimulated by different temperatures? The objective of this paper is to prove it. Twelve subjects are recruited to participate in this experiment. After stabilizing in a comfort environment, their palms are stimulated by a pouch of 39, 36, 33, 30, and 27?C. Subject?s skin temperature, heart rate, heat flux of skin, and thermal sensation are recorded. The results indicate that when local part is suffering from harsh temperature, the whole body is doing physiological thermoregulation. Besides, when the local part is stimulated by high temperature and its thermal sensation is warm, the thermal sensation of whole body can be neutral. What is more, human body is more sensitive to cool stimulation than to warm one. The conclusions are significant to reveal and make full use of physiological thermoregulation.


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