ArticleJournal of athletic training2017
Validity of Core Temperature Measurements at 3 Rectal Depths During Rest, Exercise, Cold-Water Immersion, and Recovery.
Article in Journal of athletic training, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Approach to Low Body Temperature or Mild Hypothermia in the Geriatric Population: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2026Review
- Validity of common body temperature sites and gait parameters during a heat tolerance test.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2025Article
- Recommended water immersion duration for the field treatment of exertional heat stroke when rectal temperature is unavailable.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Validity of heart rate derived core temperature estimation during simulated firefighting tasks.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Rectal Temperature Cooling Using 2 Cold-Water Immersion Preparation Strategies.Journal of athletic training · 2023Article
- Excellent Rectal Temperature Cooling Rates in the Polar Life Pod Consistent With Stationary Tubs.Journal of athletic training · 2023Article
- Comparing body temperature measurements using the double sensor method within a wearable device with oral and core body temperature measurements using medical grade thermometers-a short report.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Moderate muscle cooling induced by single and intermittent/prolonged cold-water immersions differently affects muscle contractile function in young males.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Body Anthropometric Characteristics and Rectal Temperature Cooling Rates in Women With Hyperthermia.Journal of athletic training · 2022Article
- A 3-D virtual human thermoregulatory model to predict whole-body and organ-specific heat-stress responses.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Estimation of core body temperature by near-infrared imaging of vein diameter change in the dorsal hand.Biomedical optics express · 2021Article
- Roundtable on Preseason Heat Safety in Secondary School Athletics: Prehospital Care of Patients With Exertional Heat Stroke.Journal of athletic training · 2021Article
- Common body temperature sites provide invalid measures of body core temperature in hyperthermic humans wearing American football uniforms.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2021Article
- American football uniforms elicit thermoregulatory failure during a heat tolerance test.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2021Article
- Four-month operational heat acclimatization positively affects the level of heat tolerance 6 months later.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Fundamental Concepts of Human Thermoregulation and Adaptation to Heat: A Review in the Context of Global Warming.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Exertional Heat-Stroke Management Practices and Intentions Among Secondary School Football Athletic Trainers.Journal of athletic training · 2020Article
- Expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of heat stroke in China.Military Medical Research · 2020Article
- A basal heat stress test to detect military operational readiness after a 14-day operational heat acclimatization period.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2020Article
- Cooling Rates of Hyperthermic Humans Wearing American Football Uniforms When Cold-Water Immersion Is Delayed.Journal of athletic training · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
contextNo evidence-based recommendation exists regarding how far clinicians should insert a rectal thermistor to obtain the most valid estimate of core temperature. Knowing the validity of temperatures at different rectal depths has implications for exertional heat-stroke (EHS) management.
objectiveTo determine whether rectal temperature (T
designCross-sectional study.
settingLaboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsSeventeen individuals (14 men, 3 women: age = 23 ± 2 years, mass = 79.7 ± 12.4 kg, height = 177.8 ± 9.8 cm, body fat = 9.4% ± 4.1%, body surface area = 1.97 ± 0.19 m INTERVENTION(S): Rectal temperatures taken at 4 cm, 10 cm, and 15 cm from the anal sphincter were compared with T MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The T
resultsRectal depth affected bias (F
conclusionsWhen EHS is suspected, clinicians should insert the flexible rectal thermistor to 15 cm (6 in) because it is the most valid depth. The low level of bias during exercise suggests T
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.