Safety, Acceptance, and Physiologic Effects of Sauna Bathing in People With Chronic Heart Failure: A Pilot Report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-177

  Basford, Jeffrey R ^a   Oh, Jae K ^a   Allison, Thomas G ^a   Sheffield, Charles G ^a   Manahan, Barbara G ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Tajik, A Jamil ^a   Rodeheffer, Richard J ^a   Tei, Chuwa ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac disease; Heart failure; Hyperthermia; Rehabilitation; Sauna

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SAFETY; STEAM BATH;

EID: 58149502081     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.029     Document Type: Article

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