title: Effects of exercise intensity on the sweating response to a sustained static exercise.
abstract: To investigate how the sweating response to a sustained handgrip exercise depends on changes in the exercise intensity, the sweating response to exercise was measured in eight healthy male subjects. Each subject lay in the supine position in a climatic chamber (35 degrees C and 50% relative humidity) for approximately 60 min. This exposure caused sudomotor activation by increasing skin temperature without a marked change in internal temperature. After this period, each subject performed isometric handgrip exercise [15, 30, 45, and 60% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC)] for 60 s. Although esophageal and mean skin temperatures did not change with a rise in exercise intensity and were similar at all exercise intensities, the sweating rate (SR) on the forearm increased significantly (P < 0.05) from baseline (0.094 +/- 0.021 mg. cm(-2). min(-1) at 30% MVC, 0.102 +/- 0.022 mg. cm(-2). min(-1) at 45% MVC, 0.059 +/- 0.009 mg. cm(-2). min(-1) at 60% MVC) in parallel with exercise intensity above exercise intensity at 30% MVC (0.121 +/- 0.023 mg. cm(-2). min(-1) at 30% MVC, 0.242 +/- 0.051 mg. cm(-2). min(-1) at 45% MVC, 0.290 +/- 0.056 mg. cm(-2). min(-1) at 60% MVC). Above 45% MVC, SR on the palm increased significantly from baseline (P < 0.05). Although SR on the forearm and palm tended to increase with a rise in exercise intensity, there was a difference in the time courses of SR between sites. SR on the palm showed a plateau after abrupt increase, whereas SR on the forearm increased progressively during exercise. These results suggest that the increase in SR with the increase in sustained handgrip exercise intensity is due to nonthermal factors and that the magnitude of these factors during the exercise may be responsible for the magnitude of SR.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Applied Human Physiology, Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan. kondo@kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishiyasu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005542:Forearm / Q000502:physiology; D006197:Hair / Q000502:physiology; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D012881:Skin Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D013546:Sweating / Q000502:physiology*