Thermal imaging of an ice burn over the patella following clinically relevant cryotherapy application during a clinical research study

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-158

  Selfe, James ^a   Hardaker, Natalie ^a   Whitaker, Jonathan ^a   Hayes, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Ice burn; Patella; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLD SENSATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKINFOLD; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMAL STIMULATION; WARMING;

EID: 34447579291     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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