Application of thermovision for estimation of the optimal and safe parameters of the whole body cryotherapy

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1853-1859

  Dȩbiec Ba̧k, Agnieszka ^a   Skrzek, Anna ^a   Podbielska, Halina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Thermovision; Whole body cryotherapy

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; SAFETY CONDITION; THERMOVISION; WHOLE BODY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; HEART; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CRYOTHERAPY;

EID: 84881482007     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2741-4     Document Type: Article

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