Influence of Clothing on Thermoregulation and Comfort During Exercise in the Heat.Davis, JK, Laurent, CM, Allen, KE, Zhang, Y, Stolworthy, NI, Welch, TR, and Nevett, ME.  Influence of clothing on thermoregulation and comfort during exercise in the heat.  The impact of various fiber content and fabric construction on thermoregulation and perceptual responses are not well understood.  Session RPE (S-RPE) and session thermal sensation (S-TS) were recorded 20 minutes after each trial.  No significant difference was shown for any other fibers on S-RPE, S-TS, or other microenvironment areas (p ≥ 0.05).  These results show that clothing fiber content and fabric construction had no effect on thermoregulation, RPE, or clothing comfort during moderate-intensity exercise in the heat; whereas synthetic fabric construction indeed effectively reduced regional microenvironment temperature and attenuated global exertion and TS, which may have important implications for exercise tolerance in the heat.
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Influence of Clothing on Thermoregulation and Comfort During Exercise in the Heat.Davis, JK, Laurent, CM, Allen, KE, Zhang, Y, Stolworthy, NI, Welch, TR, and Nevett, ME.  Influence of clothing on thermoregulation and comfort during exercise in the heat.  The impact of various fiber content and fabric construction on thermoregulation and perceptual responses are not well understood.  Session RPE (S-RPE) and session thermal sensation (S-TS) were recorded 20 minutes after each trial.  No significant difference was shown for any other fibers on S-RPE, S-TS, or other microenvironment areas (p ≥ 0.05).  These results show that clothing fiber content and fabric construction had no effect on thermoregulation, RPE, or clothing comfort during moderate-intensity exercise in the heat; whereas synthetic fabric construction indeed effectively reduced regional microenvironment temperature and attenuated global exertion and TS, which may have important implications for exercise tolerance in the heat.
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