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Foot Cooling Reduces Exercise-Induced Hyperthermia In Men With Spinal Cord Injury, Todd A. Hagobian, Kevin A. Jacobs, B Jenny Kiratli, Anne L. Friedlander
Foot Cooling Reduces Exercise-Induced Hyperthermia In Men With Spinal Cord Injury, Todd A. Hagobian, Kevin A. Jacobs, B Jenny Kiratli, Anne L. Friedlander
Kinesiology and Public Health
The number of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) participating in sports at recreational and elite levels is on the rise. However, loss of autonomic nervous system function below the lesion can compromise thermoregulatory capacity and increase the risk of heat stress relative to able-bodied (AB) individuals.
Purpose: To test the hypotheses that exercise in a heated environment would increase tympanic temperature (TTY) more in individuals with SCI than AB individuals, and that foot cooling using a new device would attenuate the rise in TTY during exercise in both groups.
Methods: Six subjects with SCI (lesions C5–T5) and six AB …