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Responses of the hands and feet to cold exposure

An initial response to whole-body or local exposure of the extremities to cold is a strong vasoconstriction, leading to a rapid decrease in hand and foot temperature. This impairs tactile sensitivity, manual dexterity, and muscle contractile characteristics while increasing pain and sympathetic driv...

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Autor principal: Cheung, Stephen S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27227009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2015.1008890