Title

Arm Water Losses Under Disparate Arm And Body Thermal Conditions

Date

1962

Index Abstract

Not Available

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

AMRL TDR 62-131

Creator

Allen, R. W.

Lyman, J.

Corporate Author

California Univ Los Angeles Biotechnology Lab

Laboratory

Biomedical Laboratory

Extent

34

Identifier

AD0294165

Access Rights

OTS

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(616)-6763

DoD Project

7222

DoD Task

722204

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Distribution Conflict

No

Cover Price

1

Abstract

The relative contributions of local and peripheral control of sweating were investigated by subjecting the left arms of two subjects to a different environmental temperature than the rest of the body. The effect of the above conditions on the cooling power of the arm was also studied. Arm water loss was found to be a function of the temperature of the arm's environment, as well as a function of the temperature of the body's environment. Maximum arm heat loss tends to occur when arm environment temperature equals body environment temperature, though in the cases where unusually high sweat rates for high arm environmental air temperatures were exhibited the general relationship was not reliable. Also, evidence is offered in support of the need for further experimentation in order to determine the effects of subject acclimatization and emotional sweating on the present results.

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1962-11

Provenance

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control

Type

report

Format

1 online resource