@misc{10481/68821,
year = {2021},
month = {2},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68821},
abstract = {Where people live and work together it is not always possible to modify the ambient temperature; ways must therefore be found that allow individuals to feel thermally comfortable in such settings. The Embr Wave (R) is a wrist-worn device marketed as a 'personal thermostat' that can apply a local cooling stimulus to the skin. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of an intermittent mild cold stimulus of 25 degrees C for 15-20 s every 5 min over 3.5 days under free-living conditions on 1) skin temperature, 2) perception of skin temperature, 3) sleep quality and 4) resting energy expenditure (REE) in young, healthy adults. Ten subjects wore the device for 3.5 consecutive days. This intervention reduced distal skin temperature after correcting for personal ambient temperature (P < 0.05), but did not affect the subjects' the perception of skin temperature, sleep quality or REE (all P >= 0.051). Thus, this intermittent mild cold regime can reduce distal skin temperature, and wearing it under free-living conditions for 3.5 days does not seem to impair the perception of skin temperature and sleep quality or modify REE.},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness via the Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria del Instituto de Salud Carlos III 

PI13/01393
CB16/10/00239},
organization = {PTA 

12264-I},
organization = {Retos de la Sociedad 

DEP2016-79512-R},
organization = {European Commission},
organization = {Spanish Government

16/05159
15/04059
19/02326},
organization = {Fundacion Iberoamericana de Nutricion (FINUT)},
organization = {Redes Tematicas De Investigacion Cooperativa RETIC (Red SAMID) 

RD16/0022},
organization = {AstraZeneca},
organization = {University of Granada Plan Propio de Investigacion},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Conocimiento, Investigacion y Universidades (ERDF) 

SOMM17/6107/UGR},
organization = {Fundacion Seneca

19899/GERM/15},
organization = {Ministry of Science Innovation and Universities 

RTI2018-093528-B-I0},
organization = {MINECO 

RYC-2014-16938},
organization = {Fundacion Alfonso Martin Escudero},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {iButton},
keywords = {Outdoor ambient temperature},
keywords = {Wrist skin temperature},
keywords = {Cold exposure},
keywords = {Thermoregulation},
title = {Impact of an intermittent and localized cooling intervention on skin temperature, sleep quality and energy expenditure in free-living, young, healthy adults},
doi = {10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.102875},
author = {Xu, Huiwen and Martínez Ávila, Wendy D. and Alcántara Alcántara, Juan Manuel and Acosta, Francisco M. and Ruiz Ruiz, Jonatan and Martínez Téllez, Borja Manuel},
}