Advanced lightweight cooling-garment technology: Functional improvements in thermosensitive patients with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-237

  Meyer Heim, A ^a   Rothmaier, M ^b   Weder, M ^b   Kool, J ^a   Schenk, P ^c   Kesselring, J ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Centre   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cooling; Multiple sclerosis; Muscle strength; Thermosensitivity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CRYOTHERAPY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLOTHING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 34247122225     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506070648     Document Type: Article

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