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  • Open Access
3,988 Views
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Life Cycle Evaluation of Sustainable Practices in a Sauna Bath

  • Luis Velazquez,
  • Sandra Villalba,
  • Ricardo García and
  • Nora Munguía

14 October 2019

To battle climate change, the search for sustainable solutions and the reduction of environmental impacts are activities that must be pursued in all areas of human life. This study aimed to conduct a Life Cycle Evaluation of the environmental aspects...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,111 Views
9 Pages

Proteomics Analysis of Urine to Examine Physical Effects of Warm Nano Mist Sauna Bathing

  • Yoshitoshi Hirao,
  • Naohiko Kinoshita,
  • Bo Xu,
  • Suguru Saito,
  • Ali F. Quadery,
  • Amr Elguoshy,
  • Keiko Yamamoto and
  • Tadashi Yamamoto

Conventional sauna bathing may have some health benefits as it facilitates relaxing, detoxing and promoting metabolism. However, conventional sauna bathing at a high temperature may be harmful for the body by increasing the risk of heart failure. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
23,642 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Twelve Sessions of High-Temperature Sauna Baths on Body Composition in Healthy Young Men

  • Víctor Toro,
  • Jesús Siquier-Coll,
  • Ignacio Bartolomé,
  • Mario Pérez-Quintero,
  • Armando Raimundo,
  • Diego Muñoz and
  • Marcos Maynar-Mariño

The health benefits of sauna baths are attracting ever-increasing interest. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of 12 high-temperature (100 °C) sauna baths on body composition of 23 healthy young men, divided into a contr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,662 Views
11 Pages

The Effects of Repeated Thermal Stress on the Physiological Parameters of Young Physically Active Men Who Regularly Use the Sauna: A Multifactorial Assessment

  • Robert Podstawski,
  • Krzysztof Borysławski,
  • Andrzej Pomianowski,
  • Wioletta Krystkiewicz,
  • Tomasz Boraczyński,
  • Dariusz Mosler,
  • Jacek Wąsik and
  • Jarosław Jaszczur-Nowicki

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of thermal stress (TS) on changes in blood biochemical parameters and fluid electrolyte levels in young adult men with moderate and high levels of physical activity. Thirty men (22.67 ± 2.02 years) w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
10,773 Views
25 Pages

Fine Particle Emissions from Sauna Stoves: Effects of Combustion Appliance and Fuel, and Implications for the Finnish Emission Inventory

  • Jarkko Tissari,
  • Sampsa Väätäinen,
  • Jani Leskinen,
  • Mikko Savolahti,
  • Heikki Lamberg,
  • Miika Kortelainen,
  • Niko Karvosenoja and
  • Olli Sippula

4 December 2019

Sauna Stoves (SS) are simple wood combustion appliances used mainly in Nordic countries. They generate emissions that have an impact on air quality and climate. In this study, a new measurement concept for comparing the operation, thermal efficiency,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,979 Views
18 Pages

Effect of a Four-Week Extreme Heat (100 ± 2 °C) Sauna Baths Program in Combination with Resistance Training on Lower Limb Strength and Body Composition: A Blinded, Randomized Study

  • Ignacio Bartolomé,
  • Ángel García,
  • Jesús Siquier-Coll,
  • María Concepción Robles Gil,
  • Francisco J. Grijota and
  • Marcos Maynar-Mariño

6 October 2025

Introduction: Nowadays, there is evidence regarding a beneficial effect of heat on neuromuscular strength and muscle hypertrophy development. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a 4-week passive sauna bathing program to extreme heat (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
10,918 Views
21 Pages

The influence of a series of ten sauna baths (MPHA) on thermophysiological and selected hematological responses in 14 elite cross-country skiers to a submaximal endurance exercise test performed under thermoneutral environmental conditions was studie...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
39,090 Views
13 Pages

Components of the metabolic syndrome (i.e., hypertension, insulin resistance, obesity, atherosclerosis) are a leading cause of death in the United States and result in low-grade chronic inflammation, excessive oxidative stress, and the eventual devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
12,030 Views
11 Pages

Besides strength and balance, flexibility is an important indicator of health-related physical fitness. Thus, the aim of this two-armed randomized controlled pilot trial was to investigate whether sauna yoga at a moderate temperature (50 °C) bene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,368 Views
17 Pages

10 December 2022

Sauna is a common fixture in many facilities; a specific fire-protection system is typically designed and installed for this application, as short circuits or direct contact with incandescent materials may result in a fire. Water mist has been recent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,916 Views
10 Pages

Physiological Response to Thermal Stress in Obese vs. Non-Obese Physically Inactive Men

  • Robert Podstawski,
  • Krzysztof Borysławski,
  • Andrzej Pomianowski,
  • Imre Soós,
  • Michał Boraczyński and
  • Piotr Gronek

18 March 2022

The effects of thermal stress on the physiological parameters of obese subjects remain insufficiently researched. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of sauna bathing on the physiological parameters of obese and non-obese physi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,077 Views
26 Pages

This study examines attitudes and ideologies associated with the Finnish language and identity among successive generations of Finnish Americans in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northern Minnesota, where Finnish is a postvernacular heritage lan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,566 Views
26 Pages

The Influence of Ambient Temperature Changes on the Indicators of Inflammation and Oxidative Damage in Blood after Submaximal Exercise

  • Marta Pawłowska,
  • Celestyna Mila-Kierzenkowska,
  • Tomasz Boraczyński,
  • Michał Boraczyński,
  • Karolina Szewczyk-Golec,
  • Paweł Sutkowy,
  • Roland Wesołowski,
  • Marlena Budek and
  • Alina Woźniak

12 December 2022

Physical activity has a positive effect on human health and well-being, but intense exercise can cause adverse changes in the organism, leading to the development of oxidative stress and inflammation. The aim of the study was to determine the effect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
13,071 Views
13 Pages

The Prevalence of Use of Various Post-Exercise Recovery Methods after Training among Elite Endurance Athletes

  • Eduard Bezuglov,
  • Artemii Lazarev,
  • Vladimir Khaitin,
  • Sergey Chegin,
  • Aleksandra Tikhonova,
  • Oleg Talibov,
  • Dagmara Gerasimuk and
  • Zbigniew Waśkiewicz

There is now compelling evidence of the effectiveness of a range of post-exercise recovery techniques, including extended nights of sleep, cold water immersion, massage, and compression garments. Currently, limited information is available on post-ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,048 Views
11 Pages

Effects of High Temperature Exposure on the Wingate Test Performance in Male University Students

  • Víctor Toro-Román,
  • Isaac Prieto-González,
  • Jesús Siquier-Coll,
  • Ignacio Bartolomé,
  • Francisco J. Grijota and
  • Marcos Maynar-Mariño

It has been suggested that heat exposure prior to exercise could induce changes in anaerobic exercise. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to observe the effects of high temperature heat exposure prior to an anaerobic test. Twenty-one men (age:...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,581 Views
13 Pages

Wellness-centric proactive healthcare is increasingly sought after, with individuals frequently embracing complementary modalities to achieve this goal. In this six-month study, healthy adult participants (n = 25) received specific therapies, includi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
12,574 Views
27 Pages

A Detoxification Intervention for Gulf War Illness: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Kathleen Kerr,
  • Gayle Morse,
  • Donald Graves,
  • Fei Zuo,
  • Alain Lipowicz and
  • David O. Carpenter

Approximately 30% of the 700,000 US veterans of the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War developed multiple persistent symptoms called Gulf War illness. While the etiology is uncertain, several toxic exposures including pesticides and chemical warfare ag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,678 Views
11 Pages

Hemophilia A (HA) is associated with defects in the F8 gene, encoding coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). Our previous studies show that F8-targeting micro RNAs (miRNAs), a group of small RNAs involved in gene regulation, can downregulate F8 expression...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,936 Views
15 Pages

Efficient Propagation of Circulating Tumor Cells: A First Step for Probing Tumor Metastasis

  • Jerry Xiao,
  • Joseph R. McGill,
  • Kelly Stanton,
  • Joshua D. Kassner,
  • Sujata Choudhury,
  • Richard Schlegel,
  • Zuben E. Sauna,
  • Paula R. Pohlmann and
  • Seema Agarwal

28 September 2020

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) represent a unique population of cells that can be used to investigate the mechanistic underpinnings of metastasis. Unfortunately, current technologies designed for the isolation and capture of CTCs are inefficient. Exi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,342 Views
21 Pages

Role of microRNAs in Hemophilia and Thrombosis in Humans

  • Katarzyna I. Jankowska,
  • Zuben E. Sauna and
  • Chintamani D. Atreya

MicroRNAs (miRNA) play an important role in gene expression at the posttranscriptional level by targeting the untranslated regions of messenger RNA (mRNAs). These small RNAs have been shown to control cellular physiological processes including cell d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,230 Views
11 Pages

Heart Rate and Body Temperature Evolution in an Interval Program of Passive Heat Acclimation at High Temperatures (100 ± 2 °C) in a Sauna

  • Jesús Siquier-Coll,
  • Ignacio Bartolomé,
  • Mario Pérez-Quintero,
  • Víctor Toro-Román,
  • Francisco J. Grijota and
  • Marcos Maynar-Mariño

Heat exposure provokes stress on the human body. If it remains constant, it leads to adaptations such as heat acclimation. This study aims to observe the evolution of heart rate (HR), core temperature (Tcore), and skin temperature (Tskin) in an inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,655 Views
16 Pages

Objectives: The ability to efficiently regulate body temperature is crucial during endurance activities such as trail running, especially during competitive events in hot conditions. Over the past decade, passive hyperthermia exposure has grown signi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,403 Views
22 Pages

28 November 2025

Various non-pharmacological practices have been reported to enhance overall health. The molecular effects of exercise have been shown to involve the upregulation of enzymes and transcription factors that enhance antioxidative and anti-inflammatory ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,368 Views
14 Pages

Acute Effect of Exposure to Extreme Heat (100 ± 3 °C) on Lower Limb Maximal Resistance Strength

  • Ignacio Bartolomé,
  • Víctor Toro-Román,
  • Jesús Siquier-Coll,
  • Diego Muñoz,
  • María C. Robles-Gil and
  • Marcos Maynar-Mariño

The aim of this study was to evaluate the acute effect of a single dry sauna bath lasting twelve minutes on the indirect determination of the one maximum repetition (1RM) leg press among trained and untrained participants. Thirty young men participat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,192 Views
16 Pages

Rowing Performance After Dehydration: An Effect of Method

  • Dayton J. Kelly,
  • Anastasia H. Nepotiuk and
  • Liana E. Brown

Purpose: To investigate whether mild hypohydration in lightweight rowers compromises rowing performance despite a two-hour rehydration window. Methods: Experienced varsity rowers [11 male (82.3 ± 26.2 kg, age = 21.3 ± 4.0 years, height...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
12,144 Views
9 Pages

Physiologists have long regarded sweating as an effective and safe means of detoxification, and heavy metals are excreted through sweat to reduce the levels of such metals in the body. However, the body can sweat through many means. To elucidate the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,960 Views
21 Pages

Effects of Different Interventions Aimed at Reducing Dermal and Internal Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure Among Firefighters

  • Anne Thoustrup Saber,
  • Marie Frederiksen,
  • Simon Pelle Jensen,
  • Vivi Kofoed-Sørensen,
  • Per Axel Clausen,
  • Anja Julie Huusom,
  • Tanja Carøe,
  • Niels Ebbehøj,
  • Maria Helena Guerra Andersen and
  • Ulla Vogel

16 September 2025

Firefighters are inherently exposed to soot and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at work. In this repeated measures study, we assessed if three different interventions reduced PAH exposure. For each sub-study, the firefighters participated in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,104 Views
8 Pages

Rapid Weight Loss Habits before a Competition in Sambo Athletes

  • Flavia Figlioli,
  • Antonino Bianco,
  • Ewan Thomas,
  • Valdemar Stajer,
  • Darinka Korovljev,
  • Tatjana Trivic,
  • Nebojsa Maksimovic and
  • Patrik Drid

25 March 2021

Background: Like other combat sports, sambo has competition rules that divide athletes into categories based on gender, age and weight. Athletes in combat sports often resort to rapid weight loss (RWL) methods to be more competitive in lower weight c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,186 Views
22 Pages

Factors Influencing the Accommodation Prices of Romanian Rural Tourism

  • Marius-Ionuț Gordan,
  • Elena Peț,
  • Gabriela Popescu,
  • Ioan Brad,
  • Anda Ioana Milin,
  • Tabita Cornelia Adamov,
  • Ramona Ciolac,
  • Anka Roxana Pascariu and
  • Tiberiu Iancu

22 December 2022

The hedonic pricing model posits that the price of a given product or service is an aggregate of several distinct characteristics that define it. In the context of tourism, this approach can be used to assess the prices of accommodations in a given a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,134 Views
18 Pages

A Cyber-Physical Residential Energy Management System via Virtualized Packets

  • Mauricio de Castro Tomé,
  • Pedro H. J. Nardelli,
  • Hafiz Majid Hussain,
  • Sohail Wahid and
  • Arun Narayanan

6 February 2020

This paper proposes a cyber-physical system to manage flexible residential loads based on virtualized energy packets. Before being used, flexible loads need to request packets to an energy server, which may be granted or not. If granted, the energy s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
15,789 Views
15 Pages

3 November 2023

The sport and athletic performance industry has seen a plethora of new recovery devices and technologies over recent years, and it has become somewhat difficult for athletes, coaches, and practitioners to navigate the efficacy of such devices or whet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,521 Views
17 Pages

Development of a Core Body Thermometer Applicable for High-Temperature Environment Based on the Zero-Heat-Flux Method

  • Hanzi Lu,
  • Shun Aratake,
  • Hisashi Naito,
  • Masamichi Nogawa,
  • Tetsu Nemoto,
  • Tatsuo Togawa and
  • Shinobu Tanaka

9 February 2023

Monitoring core body temperature (CBT) allows observation of heat stress and thermal comfort in various environments. By introducing a Peltier element, we improved the zero-heat-flux core body thermometer for hot environments. In this study, we perfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,579 Views
14 Pages

Residential Wood Combustion in Finland: PM2.5 Emissions and Health Impacts with and without Abatement Measures

  • Mikko Savolahti,
  • Heli Lehtomäki,
  • Niko Karvosenoja,
  • Ville-Veikko Paunu,
  • Antti Korhonen,
  • Jaakko Kukkonen,
  • Kaarle Kupiainen,
  • Leena Kangas,
  • Ari Karppinen and
  • Otto Hänninen

Exposure to fine particles in ambient air has been estimated to be one of the leading environmental health risks in Finland. Residential wood combustion is the largest domestic source of fine particles, and there is increasing political interest in f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
15,711 Views
10 Pages

This preliminarily study was made to examine the differences in sweat excretions from human eccrine and apocrine sweat glands in dynamic exercise and heat conditions. Sweat samples were collected from six young males while they were either running on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,999 Views
16 Pages

Permeability of Waterfronts—Contemporary Approach in Designing Urban Blue Spaces

  • Anastasiia Dubinina,
  • Aleksandra Wawrzyńska and
  • Karolina A. Krośnicka

30 July 2022

The constant struggle with rising sea levels and flood hazards has resulted in the change of the paradigm in shaping urban waterfronts towards increasing their permeability and creation of urban blue spaces. The aim of the paper was to indicate a new...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,486 Views
19 Pages

Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Admitted to a Secondary Hospital with Suspected MPOX Virus Infection: Is HIV Playing a Role?

  • Samuel Estévez,
  • Marta Vara,
  • María Gamo,
  • Samuel Manzano,
  • Jesús Troya,
  • Ekaterina Botezat,
  • Eva Jiménez,
  • Roberto Pedrero-Tomé,
  • María Ángeles Martin and
  • Ana Simón
  • + 5 authors

18 June 2023

MPOX (monkeypox) is a zoonotic viral disease, endemic in some Central and West African countries. However, in May 2022, cases began to be reported in non-endemic countries, demonstrating community transmission. Since the beginning of the outbreak, di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,202 Views
16 Pages

Altered Sweat Composition Due to Changes in Tight Junction Expression of Sweat Glands in Cholinergic Urticaria Patients

  • Denisa Daci,
  • Sabine Altrichter,
  • François Marie Grillet,
  • Selma Dib,
  • Ahmad Mouna,
  • Sukashree Suresh Kumar,
  • Dorothea Terhorst-Molawi,
  • Marcus Maurer,
  • Dorothee Günzel and
  • Jörg Scheffel

In cholinergic urticaria (CholU), small, itchy wheals are induced by exercise or passive warming and reduced sweating has been reported. Despite the described reduced muscarinic receptor expression, sweat duct obstruction, or sweat allergy, the under...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,561 Views
8 Pages

Principles of Rapid Weight Loss in Female Sambo Athletes

  • Nikola Todorović,
  • Marijana Ranisavljev,
  • Borislav Tapavički,
  • Andrea Zubnar,
  • Jovan Kuzmanović,
  • Valdemar Štajer,
  • Damir Sekulić,
  • Šime Veršić,
  • Sergey Tabakov and
  • Patrik Drid

In combat sports, competitors are separated into weight divisions, to create equality between the athletes. Consequently, rapid weight loss (RWL) is a common practice in combat sports. Although the methods used to induce RWL are similar among athlete...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,031 Views
15 Pages

Effect of Handgrip Training in Extreme Heat on the Development of Handgrip Maximal Isometric Strength among Young Males

  • Ignacio Bartolomé,
  • Jesús Siquier-Coll,
  • Mario Pérez-Quintero,
  • María Concepción Robles-Gil,
  • Diego Muñoz and
  • Marcos Maynar-Mariño

The aim of this study was to evaluate the acute and adaptive effects of passive extreme heat (100 ± 3 °C) exposition in combination with a strength training protocol on maximal isometric handgrip strength. Fifty-four untrained male university student...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,238 Views
13 Pages

A Causal Treatment for X-Linked Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia: Long-Term Results of Short-Term Perinatal Ectodysplasin A1 Replacement

  • Holm Schneider,
  • Christine Schweikl,
  • Florian Faschingbauer,
  • Smail Hadj-Rabia and
  • Pascal Schneider

X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XLHED), caused by a genetic deficiency of ectodysplasin A1 (EDA1), is a rare developmental disorder of ectodermal derivatives such as hair, sweat glands, and teeth. The absence of sweat glands and perspirat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,458 Views
12 Pages

High Prevalence of Syphilis and Syphilis/HIV Coinfection among Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Attend Meeting Places in Mexico

  • Dayana Nicté Vergara-Ortega,
  • Andrés Tapia-Maltos,
  • Antonia Herrera-Ortíz,
  • Santa García-Cisneros,
  • María Olamendi-Portugal and
  • Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Alemán

21 February 2023

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by syphilis, HIV, and syphilis/HIV coinfection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents HIV transmission but does not impede the spread or acquisition of syphilis. Information about syphil...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
12,733 Views
47 Pages

Although well documented drug therapies are available for the management of ventricular hypertrophy (VH) and heart failure (HF), most patients nonetheless experience a downhill course, and further therapeutic measures are needed. Nutraceutical, dieta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
799 Views
17 Pages

Rapid Weight Reduction in Judo: Dietary Practices and Short-Term Health Effects

  • Wiktoria Staśkiewicz-Bartecka,
  • Paulina Ziomek,
  • Daria Dobkowska-Szefer,
  • Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko and
  • Paweł Tomaszewski

18 December 2025

Background: Rapid weight loss (RWL) is a widespread practice among judo athletes seeking to compete in lower weight categories. Restrictive nutritional and behavioral strategies used to achieve short-term reductions in body mass may impair physiologi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,987 Views
25 Pages

Effects of Weight-Cutting Practices on Sleep, Recovery, and Injury in Combat Sports: A Scoping Review

  • Adrian Kużdżał,
  • Oleg Bilianskyi,
  • Zbigniew Wroński,
  • Grzegorz Magoń,
  • Gracjan Olaniszyn,
  • Magdalena Hagner-Derengowska and
  • Anna Michalska

Objectives: This scoping review aims to synthesize the methodological characteristics of weight-cutting strategies, summarize their effects on sleep, recovery, and injury outcomes, and identify research gaps. Methods: Following the PRISMA guidelines,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,230 Views
20 Pages

Haptic and Aesthetic Properties of Heat-Treated Modified Birch Wood

  • Vlastimil Borůvka,
  • Přemysl Šedivka,
  • David Novák,
  • Tomáš Holeček and
  • Jiří Turek

13 August 2021

This paper deals with the effect of heat treatment on the selected physical properties of birch wood. Five stages of heat treatment were used, ranging from 160 °C to 200 °C, in 10 °C increments, having a peak treatment duration of 3 h for each level....