[A 4 degrees C-1 min method of cold water immersion test for peripheral circulatory function in fingers].

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      Publisher: Japan Association Of Industrial Health Country of Publication: Japan NLM ID: 0150531 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0047-1879 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00471879 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sangyo Igaku Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Tokyo : Japan Association Of Industrial Health
      Original Publication: Tōkyō, Nihon Sangyō Eisei Gakkai [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Cold Temperature*; Fingers/*blood supply ; Immersion/*physiopathology ; Vibration/*adverse effects; Adult ; Blood Circulation/physiology ; Body Temperature Regulation/physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Raynaud Disease/diagnosis ; Skin Temperature/physiology
    • Abstract:
      To assess the validity of a new simplified cold water immersion test (4 degrees C-1 min method) for peripheral circulatory function, comparison was made with the conventional method (10 degrees C-10 min method). These two different methods of cold immersion test were applied to 23 patients with vibration disease and 24 healthy men. Observation was made on finger skin temperature by a thermistor and complaints in the hand by a 5-step self-reported scale method every minute during the test. The patterns of recovery of skin temperature after cold immersion in each group were similar in both methods. Pain in the hand in the 4 degrees C-1 min method was less than that in the 10 degrees C-10 min method. The recovery rate at 5 min in the patients with Raynaud's phenomenon was lower than that in those without Raynaud's phenomenon in the 4 degrees C-1 min method (p < 0.01). However, no significant differences were noted in 10 degrees C-10 min method. The results suggest that the new method is feasible in detecting the response of vasodilation after immersion. In the recovery rate at 5 min after immersion, near values of the sensitivity and specificity were observed between 50% cut-off values in the 4 degrees C-1 min method and 30% value in the 10 degrees C-10 min method. Thus, the 4 degrees C-1 min method is considered to be more useful to evaluate the physiological response after cold immersion than the 10 degrees C-10 min method.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19921101 Date Completed: 19930112 Latest Revision: 20191028
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1539/joh1959.34.560
    • Accession Number:
      1460787