1. Effects on handgrip strength due to arm immersion in a 10 degree C water bath.
- Author
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Coppin EG, Livingstone SD, and Kuehn LA
- Subjects
- Adult, Blood Pressure, Body Temperature, Female, Forearm blood supply, Humans, Immersion physiopathology, Male, Middle Aged, Regional Blood Flow, Skin Physiological Phenomena, Time Factors, Cold Temperature, Hand physiology, Muscles physiology
- Abstract
Thirteen male and female human subjects participated in an experiment to determine if cold water immersion of the arm increases post-immersion handgrip strength. The test involved immersion of a subject's fore-arm into a 10 degrees C water bath for 30 min once a week in a 3-week series, involving a control test and two immersion experiments. Handgrip strength was measured 20 min before and then once every 20 minutes after the cold bath immersion for 4 h, for a total of 18 readings. Grip strength significantly decreased as a consequence of immersion of the forearm. However, strength recovery to approximately normal values took place within 40 min. No increases in post-immersion strength were observed.
- Published
- 1978