Int J Sports Med 1998; 19: S106-S107
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-971970
Sweat and Sweating Responses to Exercise

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Effects of Age and Gender on Sweating Pattern During Exercise

O. Bar-Or
  • Children's Exercise & Nutrition Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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09 March 2007 (online)

Most research on human thermoregulation has focused on young adult males. Much less information is available regarding females, children and the elderly. The following is a brief review of factors that have impeded research in this field, as well as of the main age- and gender-related differences in sweating responses to the combined stresses of exercise and ambient heat. For more comprehensive reviews, see Drink-water and Horvath (1975), Kenney (1985; 1995) and Bar-Or (1989; 1996).

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