Effect of acute heat exposure on the determination of critical power and W' in women and men.

The determination of CP and W' was done using multiple constant workload tests to task failure and acute heat exposure induced changes in CP (decrease) and W' (increase).The increase in W' with acute heat exposure might be a consequence of the mathematical modelling for the used test methodology, rather than a physiological accurate value of W'.Acute heat exposure had a similar effect on performance parameters in women and men.