热不耐受,身体大小,以及重返职务
Aerospace medicine and human performance
|June 23, 2023
概括
一名士兵在两次阳性热耐受性测试 (HTT) 后被诊断出热不耐受,被撤离了前线任务. 他的人类测量测量,特别是低的身体表面积与体重比,可能解释了积极的结果,质疑测试的测试.
科学领域:
- 运动医学 运动医学
- 军人卫生保健 军人卫生保健
- 环境生理学环境生理学
背景情况:
- 强迫性热中风会影响运动员和士兵,可能导致暂时的热不耐受.
- 耐热测试 (HTT) 有助于军事回归职责的决定.
- HTT的失败可以阻止士兵在战斗单位服役,无论原因如何.
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