ArticleTemperature (Austin, Tex.)2023
Hot water immersion acutely reduces peripheral glucose uptake in young healthy males: An exploratory crossover randomized controlled trial.
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- The effects of hot-water immersion on cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory health of healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Physiological reports · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of heat-induced changes in cardiac function from over 400 laboratory-based heat exposure studies.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- A Single Sauna Session Does Not Improve Postprandial Blood Glucose Handling in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Over, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association · 2024Trial
- The effect of repeated hot water immersion on microvascular function, glycaemic control and inflammation in White European and South Asian males.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Heat thermotherapy to improve cardiovascular function and cardiometabolic health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Comparison of thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, and immune responses to different passive heat therapy modalities.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025Article
- The effect of acute hot water immersion on cutaneous peripheral microvascular responses in males of White-European, Black-African and South-Asian descent.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2025Article
- Both hot- and thermoneutral-water immersion reduce 24-h blood pressure in people with hypertension: A randomized crossover study.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2025Article
- Acute and adaptive cardiovascular and metabolic effects of passive heat therapy or high-intensity interval training in patients with severe lower-limb osteoarthritis.Physiological reports · 2023Article
- The effect of hot water immersion on glucose tolerance: Differences between acute and chronic exposure.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Whether glucose concentration increases during heat exposure because of reduced peripheral tissue uptake or enhanced appearance is currently unknown. This study aimed to report glucose concentrations in both capillary and venous blood in response to a glucose challenge during passive heating (PH) to assess whether heat exposure affects glucose uptake in healthy males. Twelve healthy male participants completed two experimental sessions, where they were asked to undertake an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) whilst immersed in thermoneutral (CON, 35.9 (0.6) °C) and hot water (HWI, 40.3 (0.5) °C) for 120 min. Venous and capillary blood [glucose], rectal temperature, and heart rate were recorded. [Glucose] area under the curve for HWI venous (907 (104) AU) differed from CON venous (719 (88) AU, all P < 0.001). No other differences were noted (P > 0.05). Compared with CON, HWI resulted in greater rectal temperature (37.1 (0.3) °C
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