The thermal effect on the blood flow response to electrical stimulation

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a   Schwab, Ernie ^a   Lo, Takkin ^a   Cúneo, Maria ^a   Lawson, Daryl ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Blood flow; Endothelial cell; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SKIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; WOUND;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36148988401     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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