Reproducibility and methodological issues of skin post-occlusive and thermal hyperemia assessed by single-point laser Doppler flowmetry

Microvascular Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-108

  Roustit, M ^a,b   Blaise, S ^a,b   Millet, C ^a,b   Cracowski, J L ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Local thermal hyperemia; Microcirculation; Post occlusive reactive hyperemia; Reproducibility; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONDUCTANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOCAL THERMAL HYPEREMIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POST OCCLUSIVE REACTIVE HYPEREMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749153285     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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