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The effect of head cooling on deep body temperature and thermal comfort in man. 1982

G A Brown, and G M Williams

A liquid conditioned hood (LCH) made of stretch nylon was used to investigate the effect of head cooling on deep body temperature and thermal comfort in man. Six male subjects each performed two experiments of 2 h duration, in a climatic chamber, in conditions of dry bulb temperature 40 degrees C, wet bulb temperature 29 degrees C and 50 mm black globe temperature 50 degrees C. In one experiment head cooling was given during the first hour and in the other during the second hour. In both experiment, auditory canal (Tac) and oesophageal (Toe) temperatures increased during the first hour. During the second hour, without head cooling Tac and Toe continued to increase, whilst with head cooling no further increase in either was observed with an improvement in both head and body thermal comfort and with a small decrease in mean skin temperature.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D001833	Body Temperature Regulation	The processes of heating and cooling that an organism uses to control its temperature.	Heat Loss,Thermoregulation,Regulation, Body Temperature,Temperature Regulation, Body,Body Temperature Regulations,Heat Losses,Loss, Heat,Losses, Heat,Regulations, Body Temperature,Temperature Regulations, Body,Thermoregulations
D006257	Head	The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.	Heads
D006358	Hot Temperature	Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm.	Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012881	Skin Temperature	The TEMPERATURE at the outer surface of the body.	Skin Temperatures,Temperature, Skin,Temperatures, Skin
D017679	Cryotherapy	A form of therapy consisting in the local or general use of cold. The selective destruction of tissue by extreme cold or freezing is CRYOSURGERY. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Cold Therapy,Therapy, Cold,Cold Therapies,Cryotherapies,Therapies, Cold