The effects of aging on the skin blood response to warm, cold, and contrast warm and cold baths

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 19-33

  Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a   Lohman III, Everett ^a   Lee, Scott ^a   De La Cuesta, Zaldy ^b   Labial, Louie ^b   Iouciulescu, Raluca ^b   Moseley, Brian ^a   Korson, Rachel ^a   Al Malty, Abdul ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular; Circulation; Contrast bath; Heat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847372989     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: 15413152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J148v25n03_02     Document Type: Article

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