Abstract
In order to clarify the characteristics of the thermo-physiological responses of the child and to understand the influence of the country where the child has grown up on the responses, the thermo-physiological responses of the Japanese children(J group) and the Korean children(K group) were examined. The subject wearing shorts was exposed first to a thermo neutral room$(Ta=28.5^{\circ}C)$ for 1 hour, then transferred to a cold$(Ta=22^{\circ}C)$ or a hot$(Ta=37^{\circ}C)$ room for 1 hour. The experiment was done in the climate chamber of Bunka Women's University in the summer of 1997 for Japan, and in the climate chamber in the Keimyung University in the summer of 1998 for Korea. The subjects consisted of 5 boys and 5 girls aged 7-9 years in Japan and 4 boys and 4 girls aged 7-9 years in Korea. As a result: 1) The rectal temperature increased slightly with a rise in air temperature. K group showed a slightly higher rectal temperature. 2) The skin temperature of the hand and foot decreased conspicuously during cold exposure. It was more in the K group than in the J group. 3) Relative local sweat rates were similar in the two groups at $22^{\circ}C\;and\;28.5^{\circ}C$, while they were considerably different at $37^{\circ}C$. Even perspiration was observed over the whole body in the J group but the perspiration was large in the trunk and low in the extremity in the K group. 4) The heart rate was higher in the J group than in the K group but it increased with the rise of the air temperature in both groups.
본 연구는 아동의 체온조절반응의 특징에 성장환경이 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 명확히 하기 위해, 한국아동(K group)과 일본아동(J group)의 체온조절반응을 검토하였다. 팬츠 착용의 피험자는 중립환경 $(28.5^{\circ}C)$에서 1시간, 추운환경$(22^{\circ}C)$ 또는 더운환경$(37^{\circ}C)$으로 옮겨져 1시간 동안의 체온조절반응이 검토되었다. 그 결과, 직장온은 환경온이 높아짐에 따라 약간 높아졌으며, K group의 직장온이 J group보다 약간 높았다. 추운환경에서의 손과 발의 피부온은 현저히 저하되었으며, J group보다 K group에서 더 현저히 나타났다. 그리고, 두 group의 절대 국소 증발량은 환경온 $22^{\circ}C$와 $28.5^{\circ}C$에서 비슷한 분포를 나타내는 반면, 환경온 $37^{\circ}C$에서는 J group은 몸 전체에서 발한을 나타냈으나 K group은 사지보다 몸통부위의 발한량이 많았다. 맥박은 환경온의 상승에 따라 높아졌으며, J group의 맥박이 K group보다 더 높았다.
