The limiting hand skin temperature for unaffected manual performance in the cold

Abstract

12 soldiers put their hands in a refrigerated box and tried to tie knots. "Performance was severely hindered when hand skin temperature fell to 55° F… . becoming asymptotoic after about 40 minutes." From Psyc Abstracts 36:04:4LG93C. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)