Thermal sensation at index finger while applying external pressure at upper arm

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 502-509

  Gan, Yiming ^a,b   Liu, Yuqing ^c   Ding, Xin ^b   Pan, Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold environment; External pressure at upper arm; Skin blood blow; Skin temperature at index fingertip; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INFRARED CAMERA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84861955929     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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