Cold-induced vasoconstriction at forearm and hand skin sites: the effect of age

During mild cold exposure, elderly are at risk of hypothermia. In humans, glabrous skin at the hands is well adapted as a heat exchanger. Evidence exists that elderly show equal vasoconstriction due to local cooling at the ventral forearm, yet no age effects on vasoconstriction at hand skin have bee...

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Autores principales: Kingma, B. R. M., Frijns, A. J. H., Saris, W. H. M., van Steenhoven, A. A., van Marken Lichtenbelt, W. D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00421-010-1414-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00421-010-1414-x

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