The effect of active movement of the foot on venous blood flow after total hip replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1198-1201

  McNally, Martin A ^a,b   Cooke, Eddie A ^a,c   Mollan, Raymond A B ^a,c  

^a Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 0030756970     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199708000-00012     Document Type: Article

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