Temperature changes in rheumatoid hand treated with nitrogen vapors and cold air

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2987-2992

  Korman, Paweł ^a   Straburzyńska Lupa, Anna ^a,b   Romanowski, Wojciech ^b   Trafarski, Andrzej ^c  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b Hospital in Srem   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contralateral reaction; Cryotherapy; Rehabilitation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Thermography

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD AIR; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NITROGEN VAPOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAPOR; WARMING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84867894659     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2078-5     Document Type: Article

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