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Control of sweating during the human menstrual cycle

Kolka, Margaret A., Stephenson, Lou A.·1989·European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology
DOI 10.1007/bf02332224
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Thermoregulatory responses were studied in seven women during two separate experimental protocols in the follicular (F, days 4-7) phase and during the luteal (L, days 19-22) phase of the menstrual cycle. Continuous measurements of esophageal temperature (Tes), mean skin temperature (Tsk), oxygen uptake and forearm sweating (ms) were made during all experiments. Protocol I involved both passive heat exposure (3 h) and cycle exercise at approximately 80% VO2 peak during which the environmental chamber was controlled at Ta = 50.0 degrees C, rh = 14% (Pw = 1.7 kPa). In protocol II subjects were tested during thirty-five minutes of exercise at approximately 85% VO2 peak at Ta = 35 degrees C and rh = 25% (Pw = 1.4 kPa). The normal L increase in resting Tes (approximately 0.3 degrees C) occurred in all seven subjects. Tsk was higher during L than F in all experiments conducted at 50 degrees C. During exercise and passive heat exposure, the Tes threshold for sweating was higher in L, with no change in the thermosensitivity (slope) of ms to Tes between menstrual cycle phases. This rightward or upward shift in Tes threshold for initiation of sweating averaged 0.5 degrees C for all experiments. The data indicate the luteal phase modulation in the control of sweating in healthy women is also apparent during severe exercise and/or heat stress.

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  • During heat exposure, the higher core body temperature in the luteal phase is coupled with a higher core temperature threshold for heat loss effector function, including cutaneous vasodilation and sweating.

    “During heat exposure, the higher core body temperature in the luteal phase is coupled with a higher core temperature threshold for heat loss effector function, including cutaneous vasodilation and sweating (Figure 4; 29,122-126).”

    From Temperature regulation in women: Effects of the menstrual cycle (2020) · cites this paper as [123]

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Authors
Kolka, M. A., & Stephenson, L. A.
Affiliations
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (US)
Venue
European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1989-07
Volume
58
Issue
8
Pages
890-895
ISSN
  • 0020-9376 (ISSN-L)
  • 0301-5548
  • 1439-6327
DOI
10.1007/bf02332224
OpenAlex
W1972407419
Cited by
92
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 5
FWCI
0.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • European Journal of Applied Physiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
Keywords
sweating, menstrual cycle, luteal phase, follicular phase, thermoregulation, esophageal temperature, skin temperature, heat stress, exercise thermoregulation, thermosensitivity, women
MeSH terms
Adult, Body Temperature, Body Temperature Regulation, Body Weight, Epinephrine, Exercise Test, Female, Hot Temperature, Humans, Menstrual Cycle, Norepinephrine, Oxygen Consumption, Skin Temperature, Stress, Physiological, Sweating, Exercise

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