Effects on handgrip strength due to arm immersion in a 10 degree C water bath.
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.
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001831:Body Temperature; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007101:Immersion / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D013997:Time Factors