Enhancement of cold-induced vasodilatation following acclimatization to altitude

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Felicijan, Ana ^b   Golja, Petra ^c   Milčnski, Metka ^b   Cheung, Stephen S ^d   Mekjavic, Igor B ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold injury; Cold induced vasodilatation; High altitude acclimatisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD INDUCED VASODILATATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLOVENIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASODILATION;

EID: 50449106580     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0720-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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