Monitoring of whole body cryotherapy effects by thermal imaging: Preliminary report

Physica Medica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-62

  Cholewka, Armand ^a   Drzazga, Zofia ^a   Sieroń, Aleksander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infrared measurements; Thermovision diagnostic; Whole body cryotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFRARED RADIATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 33750204530     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1120-1797(06)80054-2     Document Type: Article

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