Effects of pressure, cold and gloves on hand skin temperature and manual performance of divers

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-244

  Zander, Joanna ^a   Morrison, James ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold; Human engineering; Manual performance; Protective gloves; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLD EXPOSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVER; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOVE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRESSURE SENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; COLD; DIVING; FINGERS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEOPRENE; PRESSURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOUCH;

EID: 50449101544     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0715-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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