W. Larry Kenney specializes in control of human skin blood flow with an emphasis on aging, physiology and biophysics of heat exchange between humans and the environment, and thermoregulation during exercise and in extreme environments.
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Recent Publications
A Novel Conceptual Model for Human Heat Tolerance
Bernard, T. E., Wolf, S. T. & Kenney, W. L., Apr 1 2024, In: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 52, 2, p. 39-46 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Critical environmental core temperature limits and heart rate thresholds across the adult age span (PSU HEAT Project)
Cottle, R. M., Fisher, K. G., Leach, O. K., Wolf, S. T. & Kenney, W. L., Jul 1 2024, In: Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 137, 1, p. 145-153 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sunscreen does not alter sweating responses or critical environmental limits in young adults (PSU HEAT project)
Fisher, K. G., Cottle, R. M., Kenney, W. L. & Wolf, S. T., 2024, In: Journal of applied physiology. 136, 2, p. 322-329 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Core temperature and heart rate at the upper limit of the prescriptive zone
Bernard, T. E., Ashley, C. D., Wolf, S. T. & Kenney, W. L., Sep 2023, In: Physiological reports. 11, 17, e15812.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Distribution of upper limit of the prescriptive zone values for acclimatized and unacclimatized individuals
Bernard, T. E., Ashley, C. D., Tony Wolf, S., Odera, A. M., Lopez, R. M. & Larry Kenney, W., 2023, In: Journal of applied physiology. 135, 3, p. 601-608 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Onset of cardiovascular drift during progressive heat stress in young adults (PSU HEAT project)
Cottle, R. M., Fisher, K. G., Wolf, S. T. & Kenney, W. L., 2023, In: Journal of applied physiology. 135, 2, p. 292-299 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nitric oxide-mediated cutaneous microvascular function is not altered in middle-aged-to-older adults following mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: A pilot study
Dillon, G. A., Wolf, S. T., Williams, A. C., Kenney, W. L. & Alexander, L. M., Jun 2023, In: Physiological reports. 11, 11, e15704.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Within-limb variation in skin pigmentation does not influence cutaneous vasodilation
Fisher, K. G., Kenney, W. L. & Wolf, S. T., 2023, In: Journal of applied physiology. 134, 6, p. 1403-1408 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Importance of hyperthermic hyperventilation
Kenney, W. L., Jan 2023, In: Journal of applied physiology. 134, 1, p. 130 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Human scalp hair as a thermoregulatory adaptation
Lasisi, T., Smallcombe, J. W., Larry Kenney, W., Shriver, M. D., Zydney, B., Jablonski, N. G. & Havenith, G., 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 24, e2301760120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Heat stress vulnerability and critical environmental limits for older adults
Tony Wolf, S., Cottle, R. M., Fisher, K. G., Vecellio, D. J. & Larry Kenney, W., Dec 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 486.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Greatly enhanced risk to humans as a consequence of empirically determined lower moist heat stress tolerance
Vecellio, D. J., Kong, Q., Kenney, W. L. & Huber, M., 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 42, e2305427120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adverse heat-health outcomes and critical environmental limits (Pennsylvania State University Human Environmental Age Thresholds project)
Wolf, S. T., Vecellio, D. J. & Kenney, W. L., Jan 2023, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 35, 1, e23801.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Relatively minor influence of individual characteristics on critical wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) limits during light activity in young adults (PSU HEAT Project)
Wolf, S. T., Havenith, G. & Kenney, W. L., May 1 2023, In: Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 134, 5, p. 1216-1223 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Scientific basis for a milk permeate-based sports drink – A critical review
Berry, C. W., Murray, B. & Kenney, W. L., Apr 2022, In: International Dairy Journal. 127, 105296.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review