Effects of sock type on foot skin temperature and thermal demand during exercise

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1657-1668

  Purvis, Alison J ^a   Tunstall, Helen ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Health New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clothing; Extremities; Sweating; Thermoregulatory responses

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ERGONOMICS; RESEARCH; SKIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL STATE;

KNIT FABRICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB PERFUSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOOT; HEART RATE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BLOOD; KNIT FABRIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 9444255248     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130412331290880     Document Type: Article

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