Authors:
Eduardo Borba Neves
1
;
Fabio Bandeira
2
;
Leandra Ulbricht
2
;
José Vilaça-Alves
3
and
Victor Machado Reis
3
Affiliations:
1
Federal Technological University of Paraná and Brazilian Army, Brazil
;
2
Federal Technological University of Paraná, Brazil
;
3
University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal
Keyword(s):
Thermography, Body Temperature, Skin Temperature, Musculoskeletal System.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Bioimaging
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Hemodynamics Imaging
;
Medical Imaging and Diagnosis
Abstract:
The present study aimed to determine the correlations among the arm subcutaneous fat percentage (SFP),
arm muscle cross-sectional area (MCSA), arm total cross-sectional area (TCSA), and the difference between
core temperature and skin temperature in biceps and triceps areas, measured using thermography. This
research focused on a cross-sectional study using a quantitative approach with participants consisting of
young, untrained volunteers from the city of Curitiba, Brazil. The total sample size was 20 volunteers
including 13 males and 7 females. A statistical correlation between MSCA and core and skin Δ temperature
for the right and left biceps (r = -0.487, p = 0.030 / r = -0.518, p = 0.019), and also between TCSA core and
skin Δ temperature for the right and left biceps (r = -0.513, p = 0.021 / r = -0.554, p = 0.011) was identified.
These results confirmed that arm muscle cross-sectional area influenced skin temperature at the biceps
region. This result can also be generalized to o
ther areas of the skin, which show similar characteristics to
the studied area.
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