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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out and comparethe physiological effects of different types of non-hypothermiccold exposure tests in man. In whole-body coldexposures lightly clothed subjects were exposed to 10°Cfor 2 hours (single exposure), as well as repeatedly for2 h and 1 h on ten successive days in separate studies.For local cold exposures, cold pressor tests (immersioninto ice-cold water) of both hands and both feet wereused. In whole-body cold exposures, several hormonaland metabolic parameters as well as cold sensationswere measured. In local cold exposures the measuredparameters were blood pressure, heart rate and skintemperatures.