Effect of pressure loading on heel skin temperature and moisture in healthy volunteers: preliminary results

Érica de Carvalho; Leticia Costa Marostica; Gabriela Fagundes Trento; Julia Scalco Marcolina; Fernanda Ceolin Teló; Rhea Silvia de Avila Soares; Lidiana Batista Teixeira Dutra Silveira; Suzinara Beatriz Soares de Lima; Paulo Jorge Pereira Alves; Thaís Dresch Eberhardt

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Effect of pressure loading on heel skin temperature and moisture in healthy volunteers: preliminary results

Érica de Carvalho, Leticia Costa Marostica, Gabriela Fagundes Trento, Julia Scalco Marcolina, Fernanda Ceolin Teló, Rhea Silvia de Avila Soares, Lidiana Batista Teixeira Dutra Silveira, Suzinara Beatriz Soares de Lima, Paulo Jorge Pereira Alves, Thaís Dresch Eberhardt^*

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Recent studies emphasize the significance of skin microclimate in the prevention of pressure injuries (PI). The objective was to evaluate the effect of pressure loading on skin temperature and moisture in the heels of healthy adults. This is a before-and-after study performed at Brazil, in October 2022. Skin temperature (◦C) was measured by an infrared digital thermometer, and skin moisture (%) using electrical bioimpedance. Ten individuals/twenty heels were evaluated. The average temperature of the right and left heel was the same at baseline (27.2 ◦C). It was recognized that after 30 min of pressure loading on the heels, there was a decrease in temperature, and after 15 min of pressure offloading, the temperature decreased again. It was found that at t0, the moisture of the right heel (12.6%) was lower than the left heel (15.6%). The median moisture in the right heel increased from t0 to t1 and decreased in t2, while in the left heel, there was a small variation of the median from t0 to t1, as well as to t2. The pressure loading leads to a decrease in temperature and changes the skin moisture of the heels of healthy individuals.

Original language	English
Article number	782
Number of pages	8
Journal	Biology
Volume	13
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13100782
Publication status	Published - 29 Sept 2024

Keywords

Pressure ulcer
Adult
Heel
Skin
Skin temperature
Epidermis

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