ACCLIMATIZATION EFFECT ON THE EVENING FALL IN-CORE TEMPERATURE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF 2 TYPES OF CLOTHING

This paper reports the effect of acclimatization on the evening fall i n core temperature under the influence of two different types of cloth ing. Two groups of subjects dressed in either knee-length skirts or fu ll trousers during the daytime for the three months from April to June . To compare the circadian rhythm of core temperature, the experiments were carried out before and after the three month program of acclimat ization. It was found that the subjects who had worn knee-length skirt s showed lower rectal temperatures during the nighttime and a bigger a mplitude of circadian rhythm in July than in March.