Impact of hydrotherapy on skin blood flow: How much is due to moisture and how much is due to heat?

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-112

  Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a   Gunda, Shashi ^a   Raju, Chinna ^a   Bains, Gurinder S ^a   Bogseth, Michael C ^a   Focil, Nicholas ^a   Sirichotiratana, Melissa ^a   Hashemi, Vahideh ^a   Vallabhaneni, Pratima ^a   Kim, Yumi ^a   Madani, Piyush ^a   Coords, Heather ^b   McClurg, Maureen ^b   Lohman, Everett ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149144776     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593980802640059     Document Type: Article

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