The trainability and contralateral response of cold-induced vasodilatation in the fingers following repeated cold exposure

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-199

  Mekjavic, Igor B ^a   Dobnikar, Uror ^b   Kounalakis, Stylianos N ^a,c   Musizza, Bojan ^a   Cheung, Stephen S ^d  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; CIVD; Cold water immersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INDUCED VASODILATATION; COLD TOLERANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VASODILATION;

EID: 50449096888     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0727-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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