ea0065p3 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular | SFEBES2019
Stacey Mike
, House Carol
, Woods David
, Allsopp Adrian
, Brett Stephen
, Sa Daniel Roiz de
Introduction: Exercise in the heat can impose significant physiological strain and may result in incapacity, illness and death from exertional heat stroke (EHS). The adrenocortical response to exercise is known to be amplified with concurrent heat stress, suggesting the potential utility of cortisol measurement in dynamic surveillance for heat intolerance. In laboratory conditions, a standard Heat Tolerance Assessment (HTA) may be used to determine thermal tolerance to exercis...