2017 Volume 77 Issue 1 Pages 82-87
Maintaining heat in the foot is a method used for various purposes in clinical practice and daily life, but the precise influence of body temperature is not yet well understood. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to identify the possible influence of foot bath-induced body temperature change in subjects. In order to assess the effect of warming of body temperature by the use of a foot bath, the core temperature and shell temperature were measured. The core temperature plateaued at a nearly constant state after the end of heat retention. In contrast, the shell temperature increased and kept the heat in the foot compared with that at rest, and thereafter a state of plateau or a decrease in body temperature was observed. In the second experiment, changes in core temperature and shell temperature were compared at 5 minutes after the end of heat retention. As a result, a significant difference was observed between core temperature and shell temperature. These results suggest that the shell temperature is increased as an influence of foot bath on body temperature, but the core temperature does not change.
