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The Thermal Insulation of Human Body under Water Immersion (1) Takeshi Mitsui 1 1Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University pp.191-197
Published Date 1970/2/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1404202124
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Eight Japanese healthy male adults were immersed in the temperature-regulated water bath at 28℃. Measurements were made on the rectal temerature and the skin temprature, oxygen consumption, ventilation, respiratory rate to calculate the heat debt, thermal circ-ulation index and thermal insulation. Obser-vation was done on the shivering. Upon the observation the minor tremor appeared in 35-95 minutes and generalized shivering in 55-120 minutes after the water immersion. The rectal temperature lowered gradually and its decre-ase was somehow related to the skin-fold thi-ckness.

The mean skin temperature decreased rap-idly near to water temperature, but there remained a little difference between the skin-and the water temperature. In the thin sub-jects their skin temprature was a little higher than arm and leg skin tempeature.

The oxygn consumption, ventilation and respiratory rate revealed significant increase when the shivering occurred. In the initial period of cold exposure the heat debt was greatest and this was reduced during water immersion. The thermal circulation index dec-reased rapidly in 15-25 minutes to a constant low values.

The thermal insulation was elevated in 15-25 minutes up to the maxium value. The obese subjects showed any higher maximal thermal insulation than the thin. The maximum the-rmal insulation calculated by the Burton's equ-ation was related to the skin-fold thickness.

Visible shivering was always accompanied by reduction in thermal insulation. The eleva-tion in thermal insulation was assumed to he related to the peripheral vasoconstriction and the decrease in thermal insulation was concl-uded to be possibly due to the increased mu-scle oxygen consumption as well as to the blood purfusion in it.


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