ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2013
The impact of a phase-change cooling vest on heat strain and the effect of different cooling pack melting temperatures.
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- Novel cooling vest with personal protective equipment alleviates heat strain without increasing metabolic demands in the heat.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Trial
- Evaporative microclimate interval cooling reduces heat stress in thermal insulating protective clothing.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Effects of cooling vest and personal protective equipment removal on thermoregulation in wildland firefighters during progressive thermal loads.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Clinical Evaluation of Exercise-Induced Physiological Changes in Military Working Dogs (MWDs) Resulting from the Use or Non-Use of Cooling Vests during Training in Moderately Hot Environments.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- An Ice Vest, but Not Single-Hand Cooling, Is Effective at Reducing Thermo-Physiological Strain During Exercise Recovery in the Heat.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Occupational Heat Stress and Practical Cooling Solutions for Healthcare and Industry Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Annals of work exposures and health · 2020Article
- A novel vest with dual functions for firefighters: combined effects of body cooling and cold fluid ingestion on the alleviation of heat strain.Industrial health · 2020Article
- Don't Lose Your Cool With Cryotherapy: The Application of Phase Change Material for Prolonged Cooling in Athletic Recovery and Beyond.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Review
- Optimizing the Use of Phase Change Material Vests Worn During Explosives Ordnance Disposal Operations in Hot Conditions.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- An Evaluation of Personal Cooling Systems for Reducing Thermal Strain Whilst Working in Chemical/Biological Protective Clothing.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Occupational heat stress assessment and protective strategies in the context of climate change.International journal of biometeorology · 2018Review
- Effect of a cooling vest on core temperature in athletes with and without spinal cord injury.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2014Article
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Abstract
Cooling vests (CV) are often used to reduce heat strain. CVs have traditionally used ice as the coolant, although other phase-change materials (PCM) that melt at warmer temperatures have been used in an attempt to enhance cooling by avoiding vasoconstriction, which supposedly occurs when ice CVs are used. This study assessed the effectiveness of four CVs that melted at 0, 10, 20 and 30 °C (CV₀, CV₁₀, CV₂₀, and CV₃₀) when worn by 10 male volunteers exercising and then recovering in 40 °C air whilst wearing fire-fighting clothing. When compared with a non-cooling control condition (CON), only the CV₀ and CV₁₀ vests provided cooling during exercise (40 and 29 W, respectively), whereas all CVs provided cooling during resting recovery (CV₀ 69 W, CV₁₀ 66 W, CV₂₀ 55 W and CV₃₀ 29 W) (P < 0.05). In all conditions, skin blood flow increased when exercising and reduced during recovery, but was lower in the CV₀ and CV₁₀ conditions compared with control during exercise (observed power 0.709) (P < 0.05), but not during resting recovery (observed power only 0.55). The participants preferred the CV₁₀ to the CV₀, which caused temporary erythema to underlying skin, although this resolved overnight after each occurrence. Consequently, a cooling vest melting at 10 °C would seem to be the most appropriate choice for cooling during combined work and rest periods, although possibly an ice-vest (CV₀) may also be appropriate if more insulation was worn between the cooling packs and the skin than used in this study.
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