Where and much does a female/woman or a male/man sweat in a typical run?

What is it about?

In this experiment we measured how the sweat a female runner produces is distributed across different parts of the body. This study describes females. Out other study in EJAP describes males. How much sweat do we produce on our arm, leg, feet, head?

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Why is it important?

These data help us in various areas: -the design of sportswear and of protective clothing for optimal sweat management -it tells us where to sample sweat if we can only measure a small area, -the data provide researchers that develop thermophysiological models the knowledge on how to distribute the sweat in a simulated female person