Non-Medical Management of Raynaud's Disease
Using Pavlovian conditioning to alter the blood flow to the fingers
Non-Medical Management of Raynaud’s Disease Please Note: This page has been transcribed from this PDF report of the original study
Jared B. Jobe, Ph.D., James B. Sampson, Ph.D.,
Donald E. Roberts, Ph.D. and William P. Beetham, Jr., M.D.
Report Number M 14/81
Government Accession Number AD A111 032
29 June 1981
ABSTRACT This study examined the efficacy of a non-medical procedure for management of idiopathic Raynaud’s disease. Individuals with Raynaud’s disease and normal individuals were given 27 ten-minute simultaneous pairings of hand immersion in warm water (43°C) with a whole-body cold exposure (0°C).
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