Physiologic and thermal responses of male and female patients with multiple sclerosis to head and neck cooling

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 447-456

  Ku, Yu Tsuan ^a   Montgomery, Leslie D ^a   Wenzel, Karen C ^b   Webbon, Bruce W ^a   Burks, Jack S ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain MS Center   (United States)

^c Ayarbe and Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling Therapy; Multiple Sclerosis; Rehabilitation; Thermal Stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRESS;

COOLING THERAPY; GENDER FACTORS; LIQUID COOLING GARMENTS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSONAL COOLING SYSTEMS; SEASONAL FACTORS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0032871868     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199909000-00007     Document Type: Article

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