Swell-preventing effect of intermittent exercise on lower leg during standing work

Industrial Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-40

  Uda, Shinichi ^a   Seo, Akihiko ^a   Yoshinaga, Fumitaka ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exercise; Lower leg; Standing; Swelling; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; LEG EDEMA; LEG EXERCISE; LEG PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031028047     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.35.36     Document Type: Article

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