Measuring skin temperature before, during and after exercise: A comparison of thermocouples and infrared thermography

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-203

  De Andrade Fernandes, Alex ^a,b   Dos Santos Amorim, Paulo Roberto ^a   Brito, Ciro José ^c   De Moura, Anselmo Gomes ^a   Moreira, Danilo Gomes ^a   Costa, Carlos Magno Amaral ^a   Sillero Quintana, Manuel ^d   Marins, João Carlos Bouzas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Federal Minas Gerais (CEFET)   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exercise; Infrared thermal imaging; Skin temperature; Thermocouples

Indexed keywords

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

CONDITION; EXERCISE; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; MEAN SKIN TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SPECIFIC LOCATION; THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

THERMOCOUPLES;

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893072985     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/35/2/189     Document Type: Article

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