“…The third and most widely accepted approach involves a composite correction for each temperature value based upon the aforementioned anatomic size differences as well as known physiological variations in thermal sensitivity of the skin underneath the thermistors (Nadel et al, 1973). Regardless of the approach taken, the use of thermistors to assess skin temperature has been questioned (Barnes, 1968;Veghte, Adams, & Bernauer, 1979) primarily because the thermistor-skin contact may potentially alter heat transfer characteristics of the underlying regions (Stoll, 1950). In addition, if the sensor is placed on the skin overlying a small superficial vascular bed, its temperature may be spuriously high or if it is overlying a thick layer of subcutaneous fat, the resulting temperature may be unduly biased by the temperature of the environment.…”