Immersion in cold-water evaluation (ICE) and self-reported cold intolerance are reliable but unrelated measures

Hand

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-219

  Traynor, Robyn ^a   MacDermid, Joy C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold intolerance; Immersion in Cold water Evaluation (ICE); Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049105513     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-008-9085-3     Document Type: Article

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