Validation of a model for prediction of skin temperatures in footwear

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-34

  Kuklane, Kalev ^a,b   Holmér, Ingvar ^a   Havenith, George ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Footwear; Lotens' foot model; Skin temperature prediction; Thermal foot model; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY POSTURE; FOOT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHOE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WALKING;

FOOT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WALKING;

EID: 0033655067     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.19.29     Document Type: Article

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