The effect of quantity of ice and size of contact area on ice pack/skin interface temperature

Physiotherapy

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-125

  Janwantanakul, Prawit ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Quantity; Rehabilitation; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COOLING; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MONITORING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; ICE; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THIGH; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149110654     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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