Head pre-cooling improves symptoms of heat-sensitive multiple sclerosis patients

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-111

  Reynolds, Luke F ^a   Short, Christine A ^a   Westwood, David A ^a   Cheung, Stephen S ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HEAD; HEART RATE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMAL STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DISABILITY; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEAD; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARESTHESIA; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79952278285     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100011136     Document Type: Article

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