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dc.contributor.authorKarthikeyan, Palanisamy
dc.contributor.authorMurugappan, M., Dr.
dc.contributor.authorSazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-21T09:19:07Z
dc.date.available2014-05-21T09:19:07Z
dc.date.issued2012-12
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Physical Therapy Science, vol. 24(12), 2013, pages 1341-1344en_US
dc.identifier.issn2187-5626 (Online)
dc.identifier.issn0915-5287 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpts/24/12/24_1341/_article
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/34608
dc.descriptionLink to publisher's homepage at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/en_US
dc.description.abstract[Purpose] Stress is a common factor of several diseases. Stress can be reduced through appropriate stress management and relaxation methods. In this study, variation in skin temperature (ST) was investigated as a primary measure for identifying changes in stress levels. Our results should be helpful for the development of a stress measurement tool based on multimodal signals. [Subjects] Sixty healthy volunteers (30 females and 30 males) of three different races (Malay, Chinese, and Indian) with a mean age of 22.5±2.5 years participated in this study. [Methods] The Stroop color word test was used to design a data acquisition protocol of 12.36 min for this experiment. ST variation was measured continuously during the Stroop colour word test and statistical features were computed. Further, descriptive analysis and stress levels were classified using a Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) to find the optimum features. [Results] Among the 60 subjects, the mean ST of 48 subjects (80%) rose linearly from the normal state to the high-stress state. In addition, Malay subjects were more sensitive to stress than other two races as measured by the mean skin temperature. A maximum mean classification rate of 88% was achieved for the four different stress levels on all the subjects using PNN. [Conclusion] Our investigation proves that the mean ST is a reliable measure for identifying stress level changes and may be useful for designing a multimodal stress measurement system.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSociety of Physical Therapy Scienceen_US
dc.subjectHuman stress levelen_US
dc.subjectSkin temperatureen_US
dc.subjectStroop colour word testen_US
dc.titleDescriptive analysis of skin temperature variability of sympathetic nervous system activity in stressen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.24.1341
dc.contributor.urlkarthi_209170@yahoo.comen_US
dc.contributor.urlmurugappan@unimap.edu.myen_US
dc.contributor.urls.yaacob@unimap.edu.myen_US


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