Skin temperature in the extremities of healthy and neurologically impaired children

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 347-354

  Svedberg, Lena E ^a,b   Stener Victorin, Elisabet ^a,c   Nordahl, Gunnar ^d   Lundeberg, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Department of Child and Youth Neurohabilitation ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Vasternorrland County Council   (Sweden)

^e DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic failure; Cerebral damages; Children; Skin temperature; Spinal cord disorders; Thermal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD LIMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LIMB; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WALKING; WELLBEING;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; WALKING;

EID: 28244472756     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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