Can perceptual indices estimate physiological strain when wearing personal protective clothing in the heat?
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Can perceptual indices estimate physiological strain across a range of environments and metabolic workloads when wearing explosive ordnance disposal and chemical protective clothing?
OBJECTIVE Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) often requires technicians to wear multiple protective garments in challenging environmental conditions. The accumulative effect of increased metabolic cost coupled with decreased heat dissipation associated with these garments predisposes technicians to high levels of physiological strain. It has been proposed that a perceptual strain index (PeSI) us...
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عنوان ژورنال: Extreme Physiology & Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2046-7648
DOI: 10.1186/2046-7648-4-s1-a144