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Research project

Investigating the effect of female morphological and physiological development on thermoregulation to guide innovation in sportswear design.

Project overview

PhD project co-funded by the EPSRC and Nike.

Staff

Lead researchers

Miss Hannah Blount MSc

Research interests
  • Thermal Physiology
  • Gender differences
  • Aerospace Physiology
Connect with Hannah

Email: H.Blount@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

The effect of female breast surface area on cutaneous thermal sensation, wetness perception and epidermal properties
Hannah Blount, Alessandro Valenza, Jade Ward, Silvia Caggiari, Peter R. Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2024, Experimental Physiology
DOI: 10.1113/EP092158
Type: article
The effect of female breast surface area on skin stiffness and tactile sensitivity at rest and following exercise in the heat
Hannah Blount, Alessandro Valenza, Jade Ward, Silvia Caggiari, Peter R. Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2024, Experimental Physiology, 109(10), 1698-1709
DOI: 10.1113/EP091990
Type: article
The effect of female breast surface area on heat-activated sweat gland density and output
Hannah Blount, Alessandro Valenza, Jade Ward, Silvia Caggiari, Peter R. Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2024, Experimental Physiology
DOI: 10.1113/EP091850
Type: article
The effect of female breast surface area skin stiffness and tactile sensitivity at rest and following exercise
Hannah Blount, 2024
Type: conference
Female thermal sensitivity and behaviour across the lifespan: a unique journey
Davide Filingeri, Hannah Blount & Alessandro Valenza, 2024, Experimental Physiology
DOI: 10.1113/EP091454
Type: review
Thermal physiology is a (wo)man's world!
Davide Filingeri, Hannah Blount & Jade Ward, 2024, The Journal of Physiology, 602(5), 769-770
DOI: 10.1113/JP286333
Type: article
The effect of female breast surface area on heat-activated sweat gland density and output size matters!
Hannah Blount, Alessandro Valenza, Jade Ward, Pete Worsley, Silvia Caggiari, Grant Simmons & Davide Filingeri, 2023
Type: conference