Permanent claim record
Research InterpretationWhole-body skin-surface cooling can increase arterial pressure and reduce peripheral and visceral vascular conductance without necessarily changing heart rate.
- Statement type
- Research Interpretation
- Evidence confidence
- Moderate
- Ice Sack applicability
- Indirect Analogy
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-01
Evidence synthesis
In a small controlled study, a water-perfused cooling suit increased mean arterial pressure and reduced vascular conductance while heart rate, stroke volume, and cardiac output did not change.
Limitations
One small laboratory study using a water-perfused suit. The direction and magnitude of response depend on exposure conditions and individual factors.