Effects of repeated whole-body cold exposures on serum concentrations of growth hormone, thyrotropin, prolactin and thyroid hormones in healthy women

Cryobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-278

  Smolander, Juhani ^a   Leppäluoto, Juhani ^b   Westerlund, Tarja ^c   Oksa, Juha ^d   Dugue, Benoit ^e   Mikkelsson, Marja ^f   Ruokonen, Aimo ^b  

^a ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^f PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Females; Growth hormone; Prolactin; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotropin; Whole body cryotherapy; Winter swimming

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SWIMMING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER SPORT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; PROLACTIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 67349169955     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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