Leg volume changes with epic and posturing in dependent pregnancy edema

Nursing Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 86-89

  Jacobs, Maeona K ^a   McCance, Kathryn L ^a   Stewart, Marilyn L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b FHP Utah ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG VOLUME; NORMAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOFT TISSUE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022548575     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-198603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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