TY  - JOUR
TI  - Infrared thermography used for handball footwear heat detection during the training
AU  - Șuteu, Marius Darius
AU  - Pancu, Rareș
AU  - Pop, Mircea Teodor
AU  - Cristea, Dana Ioana
AU  - Andreescu, Nicoleta Alina
AU  - Gherman, Alexandru Andrei
AU  - Buhaș, Sorin Dacian
T2  - Industria Textila
AB  - The purpose of this paper is to present an experimental thermal transfer analysis of sports footwear to identify the areas
that ensure the best foot ventilation for comfort and performance in training sessions. The measurements were
performed on seven athletes (subjects) during a handball training session, wearing the same footwear that the
handballers typically use for indoor sports. The thermographic recordings were made during training at five different
times: moment zero (before the start of training), moment one (2 minutes of training), moment two (5 minutes of training),
moment three (15 minutes of training), and moment four (at the end of the handball training session). For the other three
subjects, although they have different models of the same sports footwear, the analysis of the thermal distribution values
shows that they are within the minimum and maximum limits of the four subjects analysed in the paper. Based on the
thermographic values recorded, a mathematical model was determined using polynomial regression in Matlab to predict
temperature values outside the range of the experimental data. In the present paper, research was carried out in order
to identify the thermal transfer of indoor sports shoes used in handball training so as to detect the heat exchange
between the foot and the outdoor environment. Thermography can be a valuable tool for manufacturers to evaluate the
effectiveness of a shoe’s insulation and ventilation systems. By using thermography, manufacturers can assess how well
the footwear regulates temperature and moisture, which are crucial factors in maintaining comfort and performance for
athletes, particularly in a high-intensity sport like handball.
DA  - 2025/08/28/
PY  - 2025
DO  - 10.35530/IT.076.04.2024119
DP  - DOI.org (Crossref)
VL  - 76
IS  - 04
SP  - 563
EP  - 575
SN  - 12225347
UR  - https://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2025/4/012%20MARIUS%20DARIUS%20SUTEU%20_%20INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.4_2025.pdf
Y2  - 2025/08/31/15:23:41
ER  -