Anatomical variations in pressures generated by pressure garments

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 399-407

  Giele, Henk ^a,b   Liddiard, Katrina ^a   Booth, Kris ^a   Wood, Fiona ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOTHING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION;

CICATRIX; COMPLIANCE; GRAVITY SUITS; HUMANS; METHODS; PRESSURE;

EID: 0031883286     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199802000-00021     Document Type: Article

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