Application of infrared thermography for the analysis of rewarming in patients with cold intolerance

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 206-210

  Ruijs, Aleid C J ^a,d   Jaquet, Jean Bart ^a   Brandsma, Martine ^b   Daanen, Hein A M ^b,c   Hovius, Steven E R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CISS; Cold allodynia; Cold intolerance; Cold sensitivity; Cold stress testing; Infrared thermography; Median nerve; Peripheral nerve injury; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOGRAPHY; ULNAR NERVE; WARMING;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; REWARMING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOGRAPHY; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50949126227     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310802033943     Document Type: Article

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