Effect of compression stockings on leg volume in patients with varicose veins

Phlebology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 102-106

  Muller Buhl U ^a   Heim, B ^a   Fischbach, U ^a   Windeler, J ^b   Finkenstadt Th ^c   Schlafer M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c Federal School for Orthopaedic Technology   (Germany)

^d Federal Society of Orthopaedic Technologies   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compression stockings; Leg volume measurement; Oedema quantification; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; OPTOMETER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; THIGH; VARICOSIS; VENOUS BLOOD; VENOUS RETURN; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0032462984     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026835559801300304     Document Type: Article

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