A revised cold water immersion test for assessing peripheral circulatory function

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-15

  Ishitake, Tatsuya ^a   Kihara, Toshiyuki ^a   Matoba, Tsunetaka ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold immersion test; Diagnostic method; Hand arm vibration syndrome; Revised method; Smaller immersion area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLD; EVALUATION; HAND; HUMAN; IMMERSION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; COLD; EVALUATION STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; IMMERSION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029687081     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.43.11     Document Type: Article

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