Cooling via one hand improves physical performance in heat-sensitive individuals with multiple sclerosis: A preliminary study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grahn, Dennis A ^a   Murray, Julie vLS ^a   Craig, H Craig ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREADMILL; WALKING; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 44449142051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-14     Document Type: Article

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