Simulated parachute descent in the cold: Thermal responses and manual performance

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1100-1105

  Rissanen, Sirkka ^a   Makinen T ^a   Rintamaki H ^a   Aatsalo, O ^a   Kuronen, P ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Ejection; Frostbite; Hand cooling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COLD INJURY; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARACHUTIST; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; COLD; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

EID: 0036830558     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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