Citation

Riley MW, Cochran DJ, Soundy AJ. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1982; 26(6): 561-564.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/154193128202600616

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The physiological responses of heart rate, oxygen consumption, sweat loss, rectal temperature and mean skin temperature were monitored as eight well-conditioned young adult males were exposed to effective temperatures of 70°F, 80°F and 90°F. The body fat contents of the subjects ranged from 11.3% to 34%. The subjects pedalled a 300 kilopond meters/minute load on a bicycle ergometer for 25 minutes. Results indicate that body fat or the percent of body fat squared have a statistically significant effect on the dependent variables of oxygen consumption/lean body weight, change in heart rate, core-skin temperature gradient, and oxygen consumption/maximum oxygen consumption.

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