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The effects of humidity on sweat 😶‍🌫️

Does humidity affect sweat rate or other areas of thermal management?

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Tom Coughlin
Sep 20, 2024
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The effects of a systematic increase in relative humidity on thermoregulatory and circulatory responses during prolonged running exercise in the heat

Background

Sweating is an important aspect of thermal management when exercising in the heat🥵

Humid environments may also affect sweat rate with various studies and applied observations suggesting that therm…

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