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Figure 2. Sole foot temperatures: effect of time.
Figure 3. Toe temperatures: effect of time.
Figure 4 illustrates the overall thermal sensation expressed by the two groups of subjects.
Note there were no significant differences at the beginning of the tests while the discrepancies
between the two groups increased with exposure duration (p=0.05), while at the same time,
the local thermal judgment of the feet did not differ systematically between the two groups.
Figure 4. Global thermal judgments as a function of time.
The statistical analysis revealed the results in Table 2, which clearly indicate the gender
differences in local skin temperatures. In addition to the foot skin temperatures, the hand
index skin temperature is also reported here, because we also found that effect especially
interesting.
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