Water-displacement plethysmography: A technique for the simultaneous thermal manipulation and measurement of whole-hand and whole-foot blood flows

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1781-1795

  Caldwell, Joanne N ^a   Taylor, Nigel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

cutaneous blood flow; plethysmograph; skin temperature; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW; CONDITION; CUTANEOUS BLOOD FLOW; MEASUREMENTS OF; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL MANIPULATION; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS; THERMOREGULATION; WATER DISPLACEMENT;

HEMODYNAMICS;

WATER;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; CALIBRATION; COLD; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HAND; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HAND; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84904390362     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/35/9/1781     Document Type: Article

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