Definition of the thermographic regions of interest in cycling by using a factor analysis
| Autor: | Jose Ignacio Priego Quesada, Angel Gabriel Lucas-Cuevas, Pedro Pérez-Soriano, Rosa Mª Cibrián Ortiz de Anda, Rosario Salvador Palmer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0206 medical engineering
Skin temperature 02 engineering and technology Condensed Matter Physics 020601 biomedical engineering 01 natural sciences Trunk Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics nervous system diseases Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials 010309 optics Moment (mathematics) nervous system mental disorders 0103 physical sciences Thermography Principal component analysis Exercise physiology Cycling Cadence psychological phenomena and processes Mathematics Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Infrared Physics & Technology. 75:180-186 |
| ISSN: | 1350-4495 |
| Popis: | Research in exercise physiology using infrared thermography has increased in the last years. However, the definition of the Regions of Interest (ROIs) varies strongly between studies. Therefore, the aim of this study was to use a factor analysis approach to define highly correlated groups of thermographic ROIs during a cycling test. Factor analyses were performed based on the moment of measurement and on the variation of skin temperatures as a result of the cycling exercise. 19 male participants cycled during 45 min at 50% of their individual peak power output with a cadence of 90 rpm. Infrared thermography was used to measure skin temperatures in sixteen ROIs of the trunk and lower limbs at three moments: before, immediately after and 10 min after the cycling test. Factor analyses were used to identify groups of ROIs based on the skin absolute temperatures at each moment of measurement as well as on skin temperature variations between moments. All the factor analyses performed for each moment and skin temperature variation explained more than the 80% of the variance. Different groups of ROIs were obtained when the analysis was based on the moment of measurement or on the effect of exercise on the skin temperature. Furthermore, some ROIs were grouped in the same way in both analyses (e.g. the ROIs of the trunk), whereas other regions (legs and their joints) were grouped differently in each analysis. Differences between groups of ROIs are related to their tissue composition, muscular activity and capacity of sweating. In conclusion, the resultant groups of ROIs were coherent and could help researchers to define the ROIs in future thermal studies. |
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