Open AccessExercise Core Temperature Response with a Simulated Burn Injury: Effect of Body Size
Author(s) -
Matthew N. Cramer,
Gilbert Moralez,
Mu Huang,
Ken Kouda,
Paula Y.S. Poh,
Craig G. Crandall
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002160
Subject(s) - core (optical fiber) , core temperature , burn in , burn injury , medicine , materials science , anesthesia , surgery , composite material , engineering , reliability engineering
Although the severity of a burn injury is often associated with the percentage of total body surface area burned (%TBSA), the thermoregulatory consequences of a given %TBSA injury do not account for the interactive effects of body morphology and metabolic heat production (Hprod).