Effect of hand position on digit and ulnar artery vasoconstrictor reflexes

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-304

  Wilder Smith, Einar P ^a,b   Liurong, Linda ^a   Guo, Yaling ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hand position; Hand sympathetic function; Pronation; Skin vasoconstrictor reflexes; Small nerve fiber testing; Supination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; DIGITAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; ULNAR ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PRONATION; REFLEX; SUPINATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULNAR ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 23844513130     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-005-0289-0     Document Type: Article

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