Trial reportJournal of athletic training2016
Physiological and Perceived Effects of Forearm or Head Cooling During Simulated Firefighting Activity and Rehabilitation.
Trial report in Journal of athletic training, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of cooling strategies for emergency personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Cooling intervention studies among outdoor occupational groups: A review of the literature.American journal of industrial medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Inefficacy of neck cooling in suppressing core body temperature elevation during exercise in a hot environment: a randomized cross-over trial.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of two intermittent cooling strategies during prolonged work-rest intervals in the heat with personal protective gear compared with a control condition.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
- Classic and exertional heatstroke.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- Functional Performance of Firefighters After Exposure to Environmental Conditions and Exercise.Journal of athletic training · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
contextCooling devices aim to protect firefighters by attenuating a rise in body temperature. Devices for head cooling (HC) while firefighting and forearm cooling (FC) during rehabilitation (RHB) intervals are commonly marketed, but research regarding their efficacy is limited.
objectiveTo investigate the physiological and perceived effects of HC and FC during firefighting drills and RHB.
designRandomized controlled clinical trial.
settingFirefighter training center. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsTwenty-seven male career firefighters (age = 39 ± 7 years; height = 169 ± 7 cm; weight = 95.4 ± 16.8 kg). INTERVENTION(S): Firefighters were randomly assigned to 1 condition: HC (n = 9), in which participants completed drills wearing a cold gel pack inside their helmet; FC (n = 8), in which participants sat on a collapsible chair with water-immersion arm troughs during RHB; or control (n = 10), in which participants used no cooling devices. Firefighters completed four 15-minute drills (D1-D4) wearing full bunker gear and breathing apparatus. Participants had a 15-min RHB after D2 (RHB1) and D4 (RHB2). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Change (Δ) in gastrointestinal temperature (T
resultsThe T
conclusionsThe HC did not attenuate rises in physiological or perceptual variables during firefighting drills. The FC effectively reduced T
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