Hot water immersion is associated with higher thermal comfort than dry passive heating for a similar rise in rectal temperature and plasma interleukin-6 concentration

Acute physiological and psychophysical responses to different modes of heat stress

(2022) Holly A. Campbell et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Post-exercise, passive heat acclimation with sauna or hot-water immersion provide comparable adaptations to performance in the heat in a military context

(2022) Edward Ashworth et al.   ERGONOMICS

The effects of local versus systemic passive heating on the acute inflammatory, vascular and glycaemic response

(2021) Sven P. Hoekstra et al.   Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism

Local cooling during hot water immersion improves perceptions without inhibiting the acute interleukin-6 response

(2021) R. G. Mansfield et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Heat therapy: Mechanistic underpinnings and applications to cardiovascular health

(2021) Vienna E. Brunt et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Muscle temperature kinetics and thermoregulatory responses to 42 °C hot-water immersion in healthy males and females

(2020) Patrick Rodrigues et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Study of the Human Stickiness Perception of Wet Fabric on the Volar Forearm via Two Contact Modes: Friction and Adhesion-Separation

(2020) Rongfan Jiang et al.   PERCEPTION

The Thermal Effects of Water Immersion on Health Outcomes: An Integrative Review

(2019) Jiyeon An et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Heat therapy reduces sympathetic activity and improves cardiovascular risk profile in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome

(2019) Brett R Ely et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Passive heat therapy protects against endothelial cell hypoxia-reoxygenation via effects of elevations in temperature and circulating factors

(2018) Vienna E. Brunt et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Cardiovascular and Other Health Benefits of Sauna Bathing: A Review of the Evidence

(2018) Jari A. Laukkanen et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Differences in serum IL-6 response after 1 °C rise in core body temperature in individuals with spinal cord injury and cervical spinal cord injury during local heat stress

(2018) Takamasa Hashizaki et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTHERMIA

Acute and chronic effects of hot water immersion on inflammation and metabolism in sedentary, overweight adults

(2018) S. P. Hoekstra et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

The impact of repetitive long-duration water immersion on vascular function

(2017) Erin E. Simmons et al.   PLoS One

The acute effects of passive heat exposure on arterial stiffness, oxidative stress, and inflammation

(2016) Triin Kaldur et al.   Medicina-Lithuania

The acute effects of passive heat exposure on arterial stiffness, oxidative stress, and inflammation

(2016) Triin Kaldur et al.   Medicina-Lithuania

Local temperature-sensitive mechanisms are important mediators of limb tissue hyperemia in the heat-stressed human at rest and during small muscle mass exercise

(2015) Scott T. Chiesa et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Sympathetic activation is associated with increased IL-6, but not CRP in the absence of obesity: lessons from postural tachycardia syndrome and obesity

(2015) Luis E. Okamoto et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Hot water immersion induces an acute cytokine response in cervical spinal cord injury

(2015) C. A. Leicht et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Post-warm-up muscle temperature maintenance: blood flow contribution and external heating optimisation

(2015) Margherita Raccuglia et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Tactile cues significantly modulate the perception of sweat-induced skin wetness independently of the level of physical skin wetness

(2015) Davide Filingeri et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Association Between Sauna Bathing and Fatal Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality Events

(2015) Tanjaniina Laukkanen et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Where Does HIT Fit? An Examination of the Affective Response to High-Intensity Intervals in Comparison to Continuous Moderate- and Continuous Vigorous-Intensity Exercise in the Exercise Intensity-Affect Continuum

(2014) Mary E. Jung et al.   PLoS One

Effect of repeated Waon therapy on exercise tolerance and pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot controlled clinical trial

(2013) Hiroshi Kikuchi et al.   International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Hyperthermia increases interleukin-6 in mouse skeletal muscle

(2012) Steven S. Welc et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Hyperthermia by bathing in a hot spring improves cardiovascular functions and reduces the production of inflammatory cytokines in patients with chronic heart failure

(2012) Jun-ichi Oyama et al.   HEART AND VESSELS

Validity of perceived skin wettedness mapping to evaluate heat strain

(2011) Joo-Young Lee et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Responses of muscle mass, strength and gene transcripts to long-term heat stress in healthy human subjects

(2010) Katsumasa Goto et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

The effect of heat application on pain, stiffness, physical function and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis

(2010) Nurcan Yıldırım et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Differences in comfort perception in relation to local and whole body skin wettedness

(2009) Takako Fukazawa et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Regular thermal therapy may promote insulin sensitivity while boosting expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase – Effects comparable to those of exercise training

(2009) Mark F. McCarty et al.   MEDICAL HYPOTHESES

Human blood neutrophil responses to prolonged exercise with and without a thermal clamp

(2007) Stewart J. Laing et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY