Seasonal Heat Acclimatisation in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physiological heat adaptations can be induced following various protocols that use either artificially controlled (i.e. acclimation) or naturally occurring (i.e. acclimatisation) environments. During the summer months in seasonal climates, adequate exposure to outdoor environmental heat stress should lead to transient seasonal heat acclimatisation.

Objectives

The aim of the systematic review was to assess the available literature and characterise seasonal heat acclimatisation during the summer months and identify key factors that influence the magnitude of adaptation.

Eligibility criteria

English language, full-text articles that assessed seasonal heat acclimatisation on the same sample of healthy adults a minimum of 3 months apart were included.

Data so

SUBMITTER: Brown HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388416 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature