Body Core Temperature After Foot Immersion and Neck Cooling in Older Adults Exposed to Extreme Heat

Robert D Meade; Emma R McCourt; James J McCormick; Pierre Boulay; Ronald J Sigal; Glen P Kenny

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.24417

Body Core Temperature After Foot Immersion and Neck Cooling in Older Adults Exposed to Extreme Heat

JAMA. 2024 Jan 16;331(3):253-256. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.24417.

Authors

Robert D Meade¹, Emma R McCourt¹, James J McCormick¹, Pierre Boulay², Ronald J Sigal³, Glen P Kenny¹

Affiliations

¹ Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Faculty of Physical Activity Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 38127341
PMCID: PMC10739084 (available on 2024-06-21)
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24417

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This randomized study evaluates the hypothesis that foot immersion in cool water alone or with supplemental neck cooling mitigates increases in core temperature in older adults exposed to environmental conditions simulating deadly heat waves in North America.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Body Temperature Regulation / physiology
Body Temperature* / physiology
Cold Temperature*
Environmental Exposure*
Extreme Heat* / adverse effects
Foot
Hot Temperature
Immersion*
Neck
Temperature
Water

Substances

Water