Limb temperature and nerve conduction velocity during warming with hot water blankets

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-110

  Drenthen, Judith ^a   Blok, Joleen H ^a   Van Heel, E B Michiel Dudok ^a   Visser, Gerhard H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nerve conduction velocity; Temperature; Warming method; Warming time; Water blankets

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LIMB TEMPERATURE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 41849121561     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31816a3b28     Document Type: Article

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