Cold-induced vasodilatation in the foot is not homogenous or trainable over repeated cold exposure

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Reynolds, Luke F ^a   Mekjavic, Igor B ^b   Cheung, Stephen S ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; CIVD; Cold water immersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TOE; VASODILATATION; WATER IMMERSION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASODILATION;

EID: 36048971643     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0566-9     Document Type: Article

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