Effects of single low-temperature sauna bathing in patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 431-437

  Iiyama, Junichi ^a   Matsushita, Kensuke ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^b   Kawahira, Kazumi ^b  

^a Institution for Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low temperature sauna bathing; Peripheral circulation; Severe motor and intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SAUNA; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; STEAM BATH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 45849134551     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-007-0137-0     Document Type: Article

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