A comparison of the effect of a variety of thermal and vibratory modalities on skin temperature and blood flow in healthy volunteers

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Lohman III , Everett B ^a   Bains, Gurinder S ^a   Lohman, Trevor ^a   DeLeon, Michael ^a   Petrofsky, Jerrold Scott ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Moist heat; Skin blood flow; Skin temperature; Vibration; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE VIBRATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MASSAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE VIBRATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUPINE POSITION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 80054034514     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/msm.881921     Document Type: Article

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