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dc.contributor.authorNorheim, Arne Johan
dc.contributor.authorBorud, Einar Kristian
dc.contributor.authorWilsgaard, Tom
dc.contributor.authorDeWeerd, Louis
dc.contributor.authorMercer, James
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-02T18:44:25Z
dc.date.available2019-01-02T18:44:25Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-16
dc.description.abstractExposure to cold climate is an inevitable consequence of military training in Norway. Adequate peripheral microcirculation in the extremities is important to maintain temperature, and to protect against freezing cold injuries. The aim of this study was to investigate the variability in skin rewarming ability. The study subjects consisted of 260 healthy Norwegian army conscripts, following a mild cold provocation test (hands immersed in 20°C water for 1 min) using dynamic infrared thermography (DIRT). Thermal images were obtained to investigate any differences in skin rewarming ability of the hand (fingers). DIRT took place under standardised and stable study conditions. Conscripts were characterised as either slow, intermediate or rapid rewarmers. While 90% could recover, partially or completely, within 4 min to the skin temperature values before the provocation test, 10% showed a slow rewarming pattern. In the slow rewarmers, the rewarming ability was correlated with a low average temperature of the hands prior to the cooling test. The healthy young army conscripts in this study showed a large variability in their rewarming ability following a standardised mild cold provocation test.en_US
dc.descriptionThe following article, Norheim, A.J., Borud, E., Wilsgaard, T., DeWeerd, L. & Mercer, J.B. (2018). Variability in peripheral rewarming after cold stress among 255 healthy Norwegian army conscripts assessed by dynamic infrared thermography. <i>International Journal of Circumpolar Health</i>, 77(1), can be accessed at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1536250> https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1536250</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNorheim, A.J., Borud, E., Wilsgaard, T., DeWeerd, L. & Mercer, J.B. (2018). Variability in peripheral rewarming after cold stress among 255 healthy Norwegian army conscripts assessed by dynamic infrared thermography. <i>International Journal of Circumpolar Health</I>, 77(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1536250en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1627668
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/22423982.2018.1536250
dc.identifier.issn1239-9736
dc.identifier.issn2242-3982
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14374
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Openen_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1536250
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800en_US
dc.subjectThermographyen_US
dc.subjectsoldieren_US
dc.subjectconscripten_US
dc.subjecthanden_US
dc.subjectcirculationen_US
dc.subjectcold challengeen_US
dc.subjectnicotineen_US
dc.subjectfrostbiteen_US
dc.subjectsnusen_US
dc.titleVariability in peripheral rewarming after cold stress among 255 healthy Norwegian army conscripts assessed by dynamic infrared thermographyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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