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Effect of Cooling of Peripheral Parts of the Body on General Thermal Comfort

Norwegian Textile Research Institute and Institute of Work Physiology, Oslo 3, Norway

V. Køpke

Norwegian Textile Research Institute and Institute of Work Physiology, Oslo 3, Norway

P. Keül

Norwegian Textile Research Institute and Institute of Work Physiology, Oslo 3, Norway

The Scandinavian cross-country ski dress covers only about two thirds of the body surface area (trunk, arms and thighs). The peripheral area (head, hands, legs, and feet) is covered by garments which are not an integral part of the dress. Selective cooling of the peripheral area in six subjects in a climatic chamber showed that a general feeling of being cold was achieved by lowering the skin temperature in the peripheral area. The same general thermal sensation was also arrived at by keeping the peripheral area warm and cooling the central skin area. 'I'he general thermal sensation was related to the average weighed skin temperature, irrespective of the location of the cold and warm surface areas. In the evaluation of thermal comfort of any clothing system, attention should be paid to the insulation of the parts of the body which are not covered by the garments under investigation.

Key Words: Human subjects • Scandinavian cross-country ski dress • peripheral area garments. Low temperature. Skin tempera ture • rectal temperature • thermal sensation • shivering • thermal sensation rating • thermal sensation integration • clothing * comfort • thermal resistance (clothing). Thermal comfort. Climatic chamber • selective cooling.

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