Pensar en Movimiento: Revista de Ciencias del Ejercicio y la Salud ISSN Impreso: 1409-0724 ISSN electrónico: 1659-4436

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[Portuguese Translation] Limitations of Temporal (Forehead) Temperature Readings as a Screening Method for Covid-19
Portada del volumen 18 número 1 de la Revista Pensar en Movimiento
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Keywords

pandemic control measures
exercise
thermoregulation
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medidas de control pandémico
ejercicio
termorregulación
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medidas de controle pandêmico
exercício
termorregulação
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How to Cite

Aragón-Vargas, L. F. (2020). [Portuguese Translation] Limitations of Temporal (Forehead) Temperature Readings as a Screening Method for Covid-19. Pensar En Movimiento: Revista De Ciencias Del Ejercicio Y La Salud, 18(1), e42506. https://doi.org/10.15517/pensarmov.v18i1.42506

Abstract

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, many countries are in the process of reopening schools, churches, and businesses. In an effort to screen for potentially infected individuals, temporal artery (forehead) temperature is measured in thousands of people each day. This editorial discusses some of the major limitations of this procedure as a screening method for Covid-19 and warns against the danger of the false sense of security that this practice may cause

https://doi.org/10.15517/pensarmov.v18i1.42506
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