Effect of Wear Training on Temperature Adaptability of the Obese Children

비만아동의 온도적응성에 대한 착의훈련 효과

  • Published : 2006.02.01

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the physiological responses of obese children after a short-term wear training and education. A ten-week program was conducted on thirteen obese elementary school children of six boys and seven girls in the 4th to the 6th grade. During the program, the children were instructed to measure daily ambient temperature and weight of their clothing. Physiological responses of the sedentary children in 100$\%$ cotton short sleeved t-shirt (0.13clo) and T/C short pants(0.09clo) were observed in the climatic chamber of 23.0$\pm$0.5$^{circ}C$ and 50$\pm$5$\%$RH before and after program. During the experiment, internal ear temperature ($T_{ear}$), seven site skin temperatures, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and subjective responses of thermal comfort and thermal sensation were measured every 5minutes. Mean skin temperature($T_{sk}$) and mean arterial pressure(MAP) were calculated. Obtained data are statistically analyzed and main results are as follows. There was highly significant correlation between the ambient temperature and the total clothing weight. $T_{ear}$ and MAP were reduced in the post-program compared to the pre-program. The obese girls felt slightly warmer than the obese boys and the girls were likely to prefer lower ambient temperature in the post-program than the pre-program. It was concluded that the 10 week wear training is apt to be more applicable to the obese girls than the obese boys. However, a more comprehensive study including. diverse measurements of deep body temperature with a long-term training would be needed to clarify the improvement of temperature adaptability in the obese children.

본 연구에서는 비만아동의 온도적응능력을 향상시키기 위해 초등학교 4학년$\∼$6학년에 재학 중인 비만아동 13명(남자 6명, 여자 7명)을 대상으로 하여, 10주간의 단기 의복착용훈련 프로그램을 시행한 후 프로그램의 효과를 알아보았다. 프로그램 시행기간 중 아동이 매일 직접 측정한 주택 내 실내온도는 평균 25.1$^{circ}C$였고, 아동이 착용한 체표면적당 의복의 무게(착의량)는 평균 300g/$m^{2}$였으며, 실내온도와 착의량 간에는 유의한 상관이 있었다(p < .01). 프로그램의 시행효과를 구체적으로 알아보기 위해, 23.0$\pm$0.5$^{circ}C$, 50$\pm$5$\%$RH로 조절된 인공기후실에서 실험을 실시하여, 반소매 면 티셔츠(0.13clo)와 T/C 반바지(0.09c1o)를 착용하고 안정상태에 있는 아동의 체온, 피부온, 혈압 및 맥박 등의 생리반응과 쾌적감 및 온랭감의 주관적 감각반응을 프로그램 시행 전후에 측정한 후 얻은 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 평균피부온은 프로그램 시행전후에 유의한 차이가 없었으나, 전반적으로 체온과 평균혈압은 프로그램 시행 후에 내려갔다(p < .01). 주관적 감각반응에서는 프로그램 시행 후에 여아가 남아에 비해 약간 더 따뜻하게 느꼈고(p < .05), 이에 따라 아동자신이 선택한 쾌적온도는 더 낮은 경향을 나타내었다(p < .1). 이와 같은 연구결과는 비만아동의 행동성 및 자율성 체온조절연구에 유익할 것이나, 보다 명확한 자료를 얻기 위해서는 종합적이고 장기적인 훈련프로그램의 시행이 요구된다.

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