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ArticleExperimental physiology2026

Effect of repeated hot water immersion on cognitive performance, cerebrovascular function, sleep and biomarkers of neurodegeneration in older adults.

Daniel D Piccolo, Jo Corbett, Joseph T Costello, Thomas B Williams, Thomas J James, Janis K Shute, Mohammad G A Alnajjar, Luke C Hudson, Poppy A Marsh, Veronika Praskacova and 7 more

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Article in Experimental physiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Daniel D PiccoloClinical, Health and Rehabilitation Team, Centre for Integrated Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1482-4268
Jo CorbettExtreme Environments Laboratory, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6552-6471
Joseph T CostelloExtreme Environments Laboratory, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9510-7932
Thomas B WilliamsExtreme Environments Laboratory, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3506-3111
Thomas J JamesCardiovascular Health Sciences Research Group, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1470-9400
Janis K ShuteSchool of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Mohammad G A AlnajjarClinical, Health and Rehabilitation Team, Centre for Integrated Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Luke C HudsonExtreme Environments Laboratory, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Poppy A MarshClinical, Health and Rehabilitation Team, Centre for Integrated Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Veronika PraskacovaClinical, Health and Rehabilitation Team, Centre for Integrated Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Harry S MayesInstitute of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Michael TiptonExtreme Environments Laboratory, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7928-8451
Maria PerissiouClinical, Health and Rehabilitation Team, Centre for Integrated Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3974-2250
Melitta A McNarryApplied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Kelly A MackintoshApplied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Zoe L SaynorSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0674-8477
Anthony I ShepherdClinical, Health and Rehabilitation Team, Centre for Integrated Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6392-7944

Funding

Ceperich Educational TrustSPATEX and British and Irish Spa and Hot Tub Association (BISHTA) 00229288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ageing is associated with cognitive decline and increased risk of developing neurodegenerative disease. Repeated passive heating, using hot water immersion (HWI), may improve cognitive performance via improved cerebral oxygenation, but this is yet to be examined in older adults. Twelve healthy older adults (aged: 69.2 ± 10.0 years; body mass index: 25.2 ± 4.1 kg m

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ageingexercise mimeticpassive heat therapyworking memory

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PMID42053510
PMCPMC13394194

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