Physiological and psychological responses in constant thermal environment of elderly : Physiological and psychological responses of elderly men

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  • TERADA,Rumi
    Graduate School of Human Culture, Nara Women's University
  • SASSA,Naomi
    The School of Human Fnvimnmental Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
  • KUBO,Hiroko
    Factory of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University
  • ISODA,Norio
    Graduate School of Human Culture, Nara Women s University

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  • P-08 設定気温下における高齢者の生理・心理反応 : 高齢男性の生理・心理反応(温熱環境,ポスターセッション,研究発表,人間-生活環境系の現在・過去・未来)

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The experiment was performed for the purpose of understanding thermal comfort for the elderly. In this study, experiment examined differences in physiological and psychological responses under exposure to various temperature environment. Subjects comprised 23 elderly men. Experiment was started in a pie-test room, where air temperature was 27℃. Subjects stayed in the room for 30 minutes, then moved to the next climate chamber, which was set at 23℃ or 27℃ or 29℃ or 32℃. The subjects remained in this room for 1 hour. During the experiment, skin and oral temperature, heart late, blood pressure and thermal comfort and sensation responses were measured As for subjects, not only skin temperature of shin but also skin temperature of abdomen and oral temperature fell under temperature of 24℃. The temperature at the time of a neutral report of thermal sensation vote was about 28℃. The temperature that comfortable feeling rises most was about 26℃. Individual differences was examined for a report under temperature of 24℃・29℃・32℃. It is necessary to examine finely in future.

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