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Older firefighters are susceptible to age-related impairments in heat dissipation

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000537
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Subjectoccupational heat stress; whole-body heat loss; firefighting, calorimetry; body heat storage
Abstract
Purpose: The aging-induced reduction in whole-body heat loss (HL) capacity generates concerns regarding the continued participation of older workers in occupations such as firefighting. We compared HL and change in body heat storage (S) during intermittent exercise in warm/dry and warm/humid conditions among older male firefighters (OLDER, n = 9, age = 54.7 ± 2.1 yr), older (age-matched) nonfirefighters (NON-FF, n = 9, age = 52.8 ± 1.2 yr), and young firefighters (YOUNG, n = 6, age = 26.7 ± 0.8 yr).
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PublisherWolters Kluwer
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  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 47, no. 6: 1281–1290.
LanguageEnglish
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