Test battery for assessing vascular disturbances of fingers

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 341-350

  Lindsell, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a Institute for the Study of Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold provocation tests; Finger skin temperature; Finger systolic blood pressure; Rewarming test; Vibration induced white finger

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COOLING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASOSPASM; VIBRATION DISEASE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 28444452223     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.10.341     Document Type: Review

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