Heat transfer to deep tissue: The effect of body fat and heating modality

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 337-348

  Petrofsky, J S ^a   Laymon, M ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cold pack; Fat; Hot pack; Immersion and hydrotherapy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; COLD PACK; FAT; HOT PACK; IMMERSION AND HYDROTHERAPY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PUMPS; SKIN; WATER CONTENT;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MUSCLE TEMPERATURE; MUSCLE TISSUE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMISTOR; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WATER IMMERSION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; IMMERSION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOMATOTYPES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651163598     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900802069547     Document Type: Article

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