Effects of compression bandaging on leg pulsatile blood flow

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-117

  Mayrovitz, H N ^a   Larsen, P B ^a  

^a Florida Heart Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression bandaging; Leg blood flow; Magnetic resonance; Vascular control; Venous ulcers

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SUPINE POSITION; ULCER;

EID: 0031026821     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1997.01616.x     Document Type: Article

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