Cardiovascular responses to cold-water immersions of the forearm and face, and their relationship to apnoea

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 566-572

  Andersson, Johan ^a   Schagatay, Erika ^a   Gislén, Anna ^a   Holm, Boris ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Bradycardia; Cold stimulation; Diving response; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; FACE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; APNEA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COLD; FACE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN;

EID: 0034536998     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210000317     Document Type: Article

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