Changes in manual dexterity following short-term hand and forearm immersion in 10°c water

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 990-993

  Cheung, Stephen S ^a,c   Montie, Diane L ^a   White, Matthew D ^b   Behm, David ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Sch of Health and Human Performance   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hands; Heat loss; Manual dexterity; Marine survival; Time course

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER IMMERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

HARNESS;

EID: 0041836240     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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