Reproducibility of cutaneous thermal hyperaemia assessed by laser Doppler flowmetry in young and older adults

Microvascular Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-182

  Tew, Garry A ^a   Klonizakis, Markos ^a   Moss, James ^a   Ruddock, Alan D ^a   Saxton, John M ^b   Hodges, Gary J ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Heat; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Reproducibility; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUTANEOUS THERMAL HYPEREMIA; DATA ANALYSIS; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79651471671     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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