High prevalence of hypohydration in occupations with heat stress-Perspectives for performance in combined cognitive and motor tasks.

Jacob Feder PiilJesper Lundbye-JensenLasse ChristiansenLeonidas IoannouLydia TsoutsoubiConstantinos N DallasKonstantinos MantziosAndreas D FlourisLars Nybo

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Dehydration at levels commonly observed across a range of occupational settings with environmental heat stress aggravates the impact of hyperthermia on performance in tasks relying on combinations of cognitive function and motor response accuracy.

Keyphrases

heat stress
working memory
heat shock
human health
risk assessment
oxidative stress
upper limb