TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - The effect of clothing on "diving bradycardia" in man during submersion in cold water
JO  - European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology
A1  - Tipton, Michael J.
SP  - 360
EP  - 364
VL  - 59
IS  - 5
N2  - Eighteen healthy male volunteers undertook three seated submersions into stirred water at 5 degrees C. Whilst submerged, the subjects attempted to hold their breath for 20 s. They wore a different clothing assembly for each submersion, viz: a cotton overall assembly, a "wet suit" assembly and a "dry suit" assembly. During the experiments the breath-hold time, heart rate, skin and rectal temperatures of the subjects were recorded. The results showed that significantly (P less than 0.05) more subjects developed a diving bradycardia--defined as five or more consecutive R-R intervals of over 1.2 s--when wearing the dry suit. It is concluded that increasing the cold stress experienced by individuals during cold-water submersion decreases the incidence of diving bradycardia but not the magnitude of the bradycardia when it occurs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0301-5548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -