Foot Temperatures and Toe Blood Flow during a 12 km Winter Hike and Guard Duty (2006)
Mekjavic, Igor B., Kocjan, Nina, Vrhovec, Miro, Golja, Petra, House, Carol, Eiken, Ola
The present study evaluated toe temperatures and blood flow by an indirect method during a 12 km winter hike and guard duty. Subjects (10 males, 10 females) wearing a standard military issue winter...
Hyperbaric Oxygen as an Adjunct Treatment of Freezing Cold Injury (2006)
Mekjavic, Igor B., Gorjanc, Jurij, Mekjavic, Polana J., Bajrovic, Fajko, Milcinski, Metka
Although there is general agreement that the initial treatment of freezing cold injury (FCI) should be rapid rewarming to prevent direct injury from intracellular ice formation and protein...
Prevention of Facial Cold Injury with a Passive Heat and Moisture Exchanger (2006)
The present study evaluated the thermodynamic characteristics of a prototype respiratory heat and moisture exchanger (HME), particularly its ability to prevent cold injury to the face. The HME...
Mekjavic, Igor B., Lenart, Borut, Vrhovec, Miro, Tomsic, Martin, Kakitsuba, Naoshi, Taylor, Nigel A., ...
Freezing and non-freezing cold injury occurs predominantly in the extremities, with the feet being at greatest risk. Inappropriate footwear is the main cause for cold injury of the feet. Ensuring...
Phase Change Material in Hiking Boots Does Not Minimise the Risk of Cold Injury (2006)
Mekjavic, Igor B., Korosec, Bojana A., Tomsic, Martin, Golja, Petra
The present study compared the thermal insulation properties of identical hiking boots, incorporating a layer of either Sympatex or a layer of Outlast Phase Change Material (PCM). PCM contains...
Motion sickness potentiates core cooling during immersion in humans
Mekjavic, Igor B, Tipton, Michael J, Gennser, Mikael, Eiken, Ola
The present study tested the hypothesis that motion sickness affects thermoregulatory responses to cooling in humans.Ten healthy male volunteers underwent three separate head-out immersions in 28 °C...