Cold challenge to provoke a vasospastic reaction in fingers determined by temperature measurements: A systematic review

Thermology International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Ammer, Kurt ^a  

^a Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cold challenge; Raynaud's phenomenon; Systematic review; Thermography

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; COLD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PROVOCATION TEST; PUBLICATION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; VASOSPASM; VIBRATION SYNDROME; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70450180823     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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