被服の圧迫による皮膚温の変化に関する研究

Abstract

The effect of clothes-mediated compression on body temperature was examined using thermography. When the trunk was compressed with a compression width of 36 cm and a compression-intensity of 40 mmHg/cm² for 30 minutes, the following results were obtained. (1) The skin temperature at the anterior and posterior aspects of the chest and neck began to increase from 5 minutes after compression and continued to gradually increase with time until 30 minutes. These increases continued even after decompression. (2) The skin temperature of the neck was higher at both anterior and posterior regions than that of the chest. The neck also underwent a higher degree of skin temperature increase by compression. (3) The skin temperature of the lower leg showed no significant changes, but that of the foot gradually decreased by compression. (4) The skin temperature of the palm increased until 15 minutes after compression, but it decreased at 30 minutes to the temperature level before compression. The skin temperature further decreased after decompression. (5) The temperature increased by 0.2℃ at 5 minutes after compression. At 20 minutes, it reached an almost steady state and increased by approximately 0.3℃ from the temperature level before compression. The temperature remained on the same level even 15 minutes after decompression. (6) It was found that the skin temperature increased corresponding to increases in the width and intensity of compression application.