NDLI: Confounding factors in the use of the zero-heat-flow method for non-invasive muscle temperature measurement

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Author	Brajkovic, Dragan Ducharme, Michel B.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	This study evaluated a zero-heat-flow (ZHF), non-invasive temperature probe for in- vivo measurement of resting muscle temperature for up to 2 cm below the skin surface. The ZHF probe works by preventing heat loss from the tissue below the probe by actively heating the tissue until no temperature gradient exists across the probe. The skin temperature under the probe is then used as an indicator of the muscle temperature below. Eight subjects sat for 130 min during exposure to 28°C air. Vastus lateralis (lateral thigh) muscle temperature was measured non-invasively using a ZHF probe which covered an invasive multicouple probe (which measured tissue temperature 0.5 cm, 1 cm, 1.5 cm, and 2 cm below the skin) located 15 cm superior to the patella (T covered). T covered was evaluated against an uncovered control multicouple probe located 20 cm superior to the patella (T uncovered). Rectal temperature and lateral thigh skin temperature were also measured. Mean T uncovered (based on average temperatures at the 0.5 cm, 1 cm, 1.5 cm, and 2 cm depths) and Mean T covered were similar from time 0 min to 60 min. However, when the ZHF was turned on at 70 min, Mean T covered increased by 2.11±0.20°C by 130 min, while T uncovered remained stable. The ZHF probe temperature was similar to T covered at 1 cm and after time 85 min, significantly higher than T covered at the 0.5 cm, 1.5 cm, and 2 cm depths; however from a physiological standpoint, the temperatures between the different depths and the ZHF probe could be considered uniform (≤0.2°C separation). Rectal and thigh skin temperatures were stable at 36.99±0.08°C and 32.82±0.23°C, respectively. In conclusion, the non-invasive ZHF probe temperature was similar to the T covered temperatures directly measured up to 2 cm beneath the surface of the thigh, but all T covered temperatures were not representative of the true muscle temperature up to 2 cm below the skin because the ZHF probe heated the muscle by 2.11±0.20°C during its operation.
Starting Page	386
Ending Page	391
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14396319
Journal	European Journal of Applied Physiology
Volume Number	94
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	14396327
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2005-04-28
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Deep tissue temperature Thigh temperature Core temperature
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physiology (medical) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sports Science

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