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Temperature Modulation Of Skin Tolerance To Applied Mechanical Loading And Shear

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Davide Filingeri BSc, MSc, PGCAP, PhD

Professor
Research interests
  • Davide’s original research programme investigates:
  • i) the biophysical and physiological mechanisms that allow humans to sense changes in the tem…
  • ii) the role of these mechanisms in body temperature regulation and the initiation of thermal…
Connect with Davide

Email: D.Filingeri@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Pete Worsley

Professor
Research interests
  • Skin and Soft Tissue Health
  • Bioengineering
  • Healthcare Technologies
Connect with Pete

Email: P.R.Worsley@soton.ac.uk

Dr Ralph Gordon BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Lecturer in Skin Sensing Research
Research interests
  • Thermal and exercise physiology
  • Adaptation to different thermal environments
  • Neuromuscular function
Connect with Ralph

Email: R.J.F.H.Gordon@soton.ac.uk

Mrs Carole Dorling BA (Hons), PGCE

Trial Administrator
Research interests
  • Continence management
  • Dementia and incontinence
  • Skin sensing research
Connect with Carole

Email: C.L.Dorling@soton.ac.uk

Dr Charlotte Stevens PhD

Research Fellow
Connect with Charlotte

Email: C.E.Stevens@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Influence of temperature on vascular density at the sacrum and heel
Ralph J.F.H. Gordon, Charlotte E. Stevens, Peter R. Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2025, Journal of Wound Care, 34(9), 686-687
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2025.0368
Type: conference
Impact of localised cooling on the skin's inflammatory response to mechanical loading at the sacrum
Charlotte Stevens, Ralph Gordon, Kamaluddeen Garba, Pete Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2025
Type: conference
Characterising skin morphology at the sacrum and heel using non-invasive imaging.
Ralph Gordon, Charlotte Stevens, Pete Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2025
Type: conference
Impact of localised skin cooling at the sacrum on microvascular responses to sustained pressure-induced ischemia
Ralph Gordon, Pete Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2024
Type: conference
Influence of localised cooling on repeated shearing stress and friction at the heel
Ralph Gordon, Pete Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2024
Type: conference
Impact of Localised Skin Cooling at the Sacrum on Microvascular Responses to Sustained Pressure-induced Ischemia
Ralph Gordon, Pete Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2024
Type: conference
Influence of localised cooling on repeated shearing stress and friction at the heel
Ralph Gordon, Pete Worsley & Davide Filingeri, 2024
Type: conference