Change of footwear insulation at various sweating rates

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 161-168

  Kuklane, Kalev ^a,b   Holmér, Ingvar ^a   Giesbrecht, Gordon ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Footwear; Insulation reduction estimation; Sweating; Thermal foot model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FOOT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOE; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERCISE; FOOT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHOES; SWEATING;

EID: 9444227051     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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