Effectiveness of ice packs in reducing skin temperature under casts

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 330, Issue , 1996, Pages 217-221

  Metzman, Louis ^a   Gamble, James G ^b   Rinsky, Lawrence A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MALE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029787896     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199609000-00029     Document Type: Article

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