Cooling via one hand improves physical performance in heat-sensitive individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: A preliminary study |
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Authors: | Dennis A Grahn Julie vLS Murray H Craig Heller |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | Background Many individuals afflicted with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience a transient worsening of symptoms when body temperature increases due to ambient conditions or physical activity. Resulting symptom exacerbations can limit performance. We hypothesized that extraction of heat from the body through the subcutaneous retia venosa that underlie the palmar surfaces of the hands would reduce exercise-related heat stress and thereby increase the physical performance capacity of heat-sensitive individuals with MS. |
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