Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Institute of Developmental Physiology Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia; 2) Grammar school in the name of St. Innocent of Penza, Penza, Russia; 3) Innovation Center of the Russian Olympic Committee, Moscow, Russia; 4) Central Cross Country Ski Association, Verona, WI, USA; 5)Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and Tourism, Moscow, Russia
Andreev R.S., e-mail: Andreev-roma@yandex.ru; Kalenov Yu.N., e-mail: kalenov.yury@yandex.ru; Yakushkin A.V., e-mail: yakushkin.andre@yandex.ru; Akimov E.B., e-mail: egorka23@gmail.com; Sonkin V.D., D.Sc., prof., e-mail: sonkin@mail.ru
The article presents new results of children, adolescent and adult male survey using modern infrared thermal imaging technology. This technology allows to obtain temperature images of a human body surface, reflecting the activity of metabolic processes and individual characteristics of skin vascularization. It is shown that individual temperature images are characterized by high stability, while population variability of basic temperature characteristics of the skin surface is high. With age, the skin temperature decreases under the condition of room temperature (21°C) and muscle rest, and the gradient between the maximum and minimum temperatures for a selected skin surface also decreases. Significant correlation between temperature characteristics of the back and chest surfaces is revealed, weakening with age, which may be caused by fat accumulation shielding the skin surface from the heat flows from within the interior of the body. Significant correlation between individual temperature image features of adult males on one side and body built characteristics on the other is demonstrated. It is suggested that some of the hottest areas on the skin surface reflect activity of brown adipose tissue, which provides nonshivering thermogenesis when environmental temperature is a few degrees below the thermoneutral.
infrared thermography; children, adolescents and adults; individual stability; population diversity; body composition; brown adipose tissue
Цит.: Andreev R.S., Kalenov Yu.N., Yakushkin A.V., Akimov E.B., Son’kin V.D. Application of infrared thermography to identify morphological and functional characteristics of а person (children and adults) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2016; 3/2016; с. 49-58
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