Effect of local leg cooling on upper limb trajectories and muscle function and whole body dynamic balance

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-438

  Piedrahita, Hugo ^a   Oksa, Juha ^b   Rintamäki, Hannu ^b,c   Malm, Christer ^d,e  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Winternet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EMG; EMG gaps; Limits of stability; Local leg cooling; Upper limb trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; LEG; LIFTING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 59249105530     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0920-6     Document Type: Article

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