Heat loss through the glabrous skin surfaces of heavily insulated, heat-stressed individuals

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Grahn, D A ^a   Dillon, J L ^b   Heller, H C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glabrous skin; Heat loss; Heat stress; Insulation; Subcutaneous vasculature

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL INSULATION; BODY SURFACE; CLOSED WATER; GLABROUS SKIN; HEART RATES; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT STRESS; MULTIPLE SURFACES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RESTING HEART RATE; SKIN SURFACES; SUBATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES; THERMAL RECOVERY; TWO HAND; VASCULAR STRUCTURES; VASCULATURE; WATER LOSS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CEMENTS; HEAT LOSSES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RECOVERY; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; THERMAL STRESS;

COOLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS; FACE; FOOT; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND; HEART RATE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN SURFACE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WATER LOSS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOANESTHESIA; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEVER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SOLEIDAE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349932501     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3156812     Document Type: Article

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