Brindley G S
Br J Urol. 1982 Feb;54(1):49-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1982.tb13510.x.
Two new techniques for measuring deep scrotal temperature are described. Paraplegic men in wheelchairs have deep scrotal temperatures averaging about 0.9 degrees C higher than normal sitting men, and those whose scrotal temperatures are very high usually lack motile spermatozoa. In the author, deep scrotal temperatures at constant air temperature are 0.5 degrees C lower wearing boxer shorts than wearing Y-fronts, and 1.2 degrees C lower wearing scrotal slit underpants than wearing boxer shorts; they are 1.6 degrees C lower sitting with thighs apart than sitting with thighs together, and 0.5 degrees C lower running than sitting with thighs apart. From such observations, means of lowering paraplegic deep scrotal temperatures can be designed.
本文描述了两种测量阴囊深部温度的新技术。坐在轮椅上的截瘫男性阴囊深部温度平均比正常坐姿男性高约0.9摄氏度，而阴囊温度非常高的男性通常缺乏活动精子。作者发现，在恒定气温下，穿平角短裤时的阴囊深部温度比穿前开叉内裤时低0.5摄氏度，穿阴囊开衩内裤时比穿平角短裤时低1.2摄氏度；分开大腿坐着时比并拢大腿坐着时低1.6摄氏度，跑步时比分开大腿坐着时低0.5摄氏度。基于这些观察结果，可以设计出降低截瘫患者阴囊深部温度的方法。
