The Cold Shift

Primary source record · PMID 9763650

Habituation of the initial responses to cold water immersion in humans: a central or peripheral mechanism?

Michael J Tipton, Clare M Eglin, Frank St C Golden

Journal
The Journal of Physiology, 1998
Study type
controlled trial
Cold method
cold water immersion
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.621be.x

Population

Healthy human participants undergoing repeated cold-water immersion protocols

Exposure conditions

Cold-water immersion conditions reported in the study. Repeated short immersion exposures.

Outcome measured

Initial respiratory and cardiovascular responses to cold-water immersion

Limitations

Water immersion has different heat-transfer conditions from dry PCM contact. Habituation to immersion cannot be assumed for The Ice Sack or for non-cold stress.

Open primary recordOpen DOI
Sudden cold-water immersion can provoke acute respiratory and cardiovascular responses during the initial exposure period.Repeated cold-water immersion can attenuate parts of the initial cold-shock response under the conditions studied.
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