A comparison of whole body vibration and moist heat on lower extremity skin temperature and skin blood flow in healthy older individuals

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Lohman III, Everett B ^a   Sackiriyas, Kanikkai Steni Balan ^a   Bains, Gurinder S ^a   Calandra, Giovanni ^a   Lobo, Crystal ^a   Nakhro, Daniel ^a   Malthankar, Gauri ^a   Paul, Sherwine ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circulation; Laser Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOISTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 84863805475     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/msm.883209     Document Type: Article

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