TY - JOUR
TI - Human transient response under local thermal stimulation
AU - Wang Lijuan
AU - Wang Yudong
AU - Tian Guohua
AU - Di Yuhui
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2017
VL - 21
IS - 11
SP - 19
EP - 24
PT - Article
AB - Human body can operate physiological thermoregulation system when it is  exposed to cold or hot environment. Whether it can do the same work when a  local part of body is stimulated by different temperatures? The objective of  this paper is to prove it. Twelve subjects are recruited to participate in  this experiment. After stabilizing in a comfort environment, their palms are  stimulated by a pouch of 39, 36, 33, 30, and 27°C. Subject's skin  temperature, heart rate, heat flux of skin, and thermal sensation are  recorded. The results indicate that when local part is suffering from harsh  temperature, the whole body is doing physiological thermoregulation.  Besides, when the local part is stimulated by high temperature and its  thermal sensation is warm, the thermal sensation of whole body can be  neutral. What is more, human body is more sensitive to cool stimulation than  to warm one. The conclusions are significant to reveal and make full use of  physiological thermoregulation.