Infrared thermography for examination of skin temperature in the dorsal hand of office workers

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 245-251

  Gold, Judith E ^a   Cherniack, Martin ^b   Buchholz, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous circulation; Keyboard; Musculoskeletal disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; EXERTION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 8444244818     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1210-6     Document Type: Article

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