Hypohydration effect on finger skin temperature and blood flow during cold-water finger immersion

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 598-603

  O'Brien, Catherine ^a   Montain, Scott J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cold injury; Cold induced vasodilation; Dehydration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NAIL BED; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VASODILATATION; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0037311615     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00678.2002     Document Type: Article

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