Effects of hot and cold packs on motor performance of normal hands

Physiotherapy

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 340-344

  Kauranen, Kari ^a   Vanharanta, Heikki ^b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cold pack treatment; Hot pack treatment; Motor performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030825563     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)65755-0     Document Type: Article

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