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Adjudication committee
- First opponent: Professor Emeritus Arnoldus S. Blix, The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)
- Second opponent: Professor II Jonny Hisdal, University of Oslo
- Third member and chair of the evaluation committee: Professor Tone Tønjum, University of Oslo
Chair of the Defence
Professor Erik Dissen, University of Oslo
Principal Supervisor
Professor Marianne Thoresen, University of Oslo
Summary
Erling Bekkestad Rein has studied human skin circulation using the ultrasound Doppler methodology. He has also developed and tested a new method that uses locally increased blood flow in the skin to prevent hypo- or hyperthermia. The first paper shows that blood vessels in the skin of heat-stressed people do not react with vasoconstriction if they are exposed to local heat (heat-induced vasoconstriction), as previous studies have shown. The last two papers are related to a new treatment method for hypo- and hyperthermia where the skin circulation is increased locally to increase the effect of the treatment. This is done by applying an intermittent negative pressure to the skin. Warm or temperate water is then applied in the same area, and this facilitates heat transfer to or from the body's core.
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