A comparison between conductive and infrared devices for measuring mean skin temperature at rest, during exercise in the heat, and recovery

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Bach, Aaron J E ^a   Stewart, Ian B ^a   Disher, Alice E ^a   Costello, Joseph T ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAND ALTMAN PLOTS; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDUCTIVE THERMOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; EXERCISE RECOVERY; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IBUTTON THERMOMETER; INFRARED CAMERA; INFRARED THERMOMETER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL THERMOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS MONITORING; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMISTOR; THERMOREGULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT; INFRARED RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERMOMETER;

ADULT; EXERCISE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 84922683109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117907     Document Type: Article

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