Trainability of cold induced vasodilation
conference paper
Peripheral cold injuries are often reported in mountaineers. Not only low ambient temperatures, but also the hypobaric circumstances are known to be major environmental risk factors. When the fingers are exposed to extreme cold for several minutes, cold induced vasodilation (CIVD) occurs, that is reported to have protective properties for cold injuries. Repeated immersion in cold water may lead to improved finger blood flow. In the latter study, the subjects immersed their phalanxes in ice water four times daily for one month. In this study we investigated if two weeks of repeated immersions of the hand in cold water prior to a mountain expedition to the Ama Dablam in Nepal enhanced finger blood flow response to cold.
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TNO Identifier
19072
ISBN
978-961-90545-1-2
Source title
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics, ICEE 2007, Piran, Slovenia [August 19-24, 2007], Ljubljana: Biomed, 2007.
Editor(s)
Mekjavic, I.B.
Kounalakis, S.N.
Taylor, N.A.S.
Kounalakis, S.N.
Taylor, N.A.S.
Pages
317 - 319
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