ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2024
Hot water immersion is associated with higher thermal comfort than dry passive heating for a similar rise in rectal temperature and plasma interleukin-6 concentration.
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- The effects of hot-water immersion on cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory health of healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Physiological reports · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of heat-induced changes in cardiac function from over 400 laboratory-based heat exposure studies.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- Kinetics of cell-free DNA in response to exogenous and exertional heating in healthy young men.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- A Single Sauna Session Does Not Improve Postprandial Blood Glucose Handling in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Over, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association · 2024Trial
- Expert consensus on passive heating interventions to promote skeletal muscle strength and mass: a delphi study.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
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- Non-acute effects of passive heating interventions on cardiometabolic risk and vascular health: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
- Heat therapy: Strategies to enhance thermal comfort without compromising benefits.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Comparison of thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, and immune responses to different passive heat therapy modalities.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025Article
- Differential intestinal injury and unchanged systemic inflammatory responses to leg and whole-body passive hyperthermia in healthy humans.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the perceptual responses and interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentration following rectal temperature-matched dry heat exposure (DH) and hot water immersion (HWI).
methodsTwelve healthy young adults (BMI 23.5 ± 3.6 kg/m
resultsRectal temperature (T
conclusionThe IL-6 response did not differ between DH and HWI when matched for the elevation in T
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