Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
July 2018
The posture of the foot is an important and complex aspect of the human body that implies a constant and coherent adaptation, and keeps the body segments in alignment. Baropodometry is a quantitative exam that evaluates the distribution of pressures at different points in the plantar region and the foot contact area. The objective of the study was to know evaluation protocols that used Barapodometry and to verify which variables were observed after the examination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt is well known that body composition can influence peripheral heat loss and skin temperature. That the distribution of body fat is affected by gender is well known; however, there is little information on how body composition and gender influences the measure of skin temperature. This study evaluated skin temperature distribution according to body fat percentage (BF%) and gender.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to search for relations between body fat percentage and skin temperature and to describe possible effects on skin temperature as a result of fat percentage in each anatomical site. Women (26.11±4.
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