Augmentation of blood circulation to the fingers by warming distant body areas

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 103-111

  Koscheyev, Victor S ^a   Leon, Gloria R ^a   Paul, Saurav ^b   Tranchida, Donna ^a   Linder, Inna V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme environments; Finger comfort; Nonuniform temperatures; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FINGER JOINT; FOOT; HEAD; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPACE; TRUNK; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034102233     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050658     Document Type: Article

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