Superficial thermal gradients during mild body cooling and its relationship to forearm blood flow.

نویسندگان

  • S Thangam
  • M Vaz
  • A V Kurpad
  • P S Shetty
چکیده

Forearm and fingertip temperature gradients were related to simultaneously measured forearm blood flow in eleven adult subjects at rest and during a mild cold stimulus. The change in temperature gradients were converted into a percentage change of the potential capacity for heat exchange and this was found to correlate well (r = 0.73: P < 0.001) with the absolute reduction in forearm blood flow.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Indian journal of physiology and pharmacology

دوره 37 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993