Hemodynamic and thermal responses to head and neck cooling in men and women

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 443-450

  Ku, Yu Tsuan E ^a   Montgomery, Leslie D ^a   Webbon, Bruce W ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Life Support; Rheoencephalography; Thermal Stress; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRESS;

RHEOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; THERMOREGULATION;

DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; THERMOREGULATION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLOTHING; COLD; FEMALE; HEAD; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NECK;

EID: 0030293230     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199611000-00008     Document Type: Article

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