Cooling effects of Deep Freeze Cold Gel compared to that of an ice pack applied to the skin

Thermology International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Ring, E Francis ^a   Jones, C ^a   Ammer, K ^a,b   Plassmann, P ^a   Bola, T S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b L Boltzmann Res Inst Phys Diagn   (Austria)

^c Mentholatum Company   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling gel; Ice pack; Infrared thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DEEP FREEZE COLD GEL; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICE PACK; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE THERMAL IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHIC CAMERA; THERMOGRAPHY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 4143109190     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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