Increasing humidity progressively reduces sweating efficiency similarly in males and females during exercise-heat stress
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This study provides the first direct measurements linking the efficiency of sweating to the total fluid lost to evaporative cooling in upright, clothed, exercising subjects. These findings demonstrate that sweating efficiency during exercise is progressively reduced by increasing relative humidity, and this effect is similar in males and females. Decrements in sweating efficiency were related to sweat retained in the clothing.
Source: Journal of Applied Physiology
Institutions: Nike (United States), The University of Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7203965516