ArticleInternational journal of circumpolar health2018
Variability in peripheral rewarming after cold stress among 255 healthy Norwegian army conscripts assessed by dynamic infrared thermography.
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- Applicability of infrared thermography in occupational health for multidisciplinary clinical decision-making: a systematic review with narrative synthesis.Journal of occupational health · 2026Pooled it
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- Cold weather operations: Preventive strategies in a military context.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2025Review
- A century of exercise physiology: concepts that ignited the study of human thermoregulation. Part 3: Heat and cold tolerance during exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Review
- Introduction: Training is more important than technology (for performance in the cold).International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- Training videos to prevent cold weather injuries.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- Short-Term Thermal Effect of Continuous Ultrasound from 3 MHz to 1 and 0.5 W/cmDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Health effects of voluntary exposure to cold water - a continuing subject of debate.International journal of circumpolar health · 2022Review
- Current Use of Infrared Thermography in Orthopaedic and Bone or Joint Trauma Patients-Can We Identify Postoperative Infection? A Narrative Systematic Review.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionReview
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Abstract
Exposure 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.
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