Delineating the impacts of air temperature and humidity for endurance exercise.

ABSTRACT:

New findings

What is the central question of this study? What are the independent effects of air temperature and humidity on performance, physiological and perceptual responses during endurance exercise? What is the main finding and its importance? When examined independently, elevated air temperature increased heat strain and impaired aerobic exercise performance, but to a lesser extent than has been reported previously. These findings highlight the importance of absolute humidity relative to temperature when exercising or working under severe heat stress.

Abstract

Many studies have reported that ambient heat stress increases physiological and perceptual strain and impairs endurance exercise, but effects of air temperature per se remain almost unexamined. Most studies have

SUBMITTER: Jenkins EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10103870 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature