The relationship of foot and ankle movements to venous return in the lower limb

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 700-704

  Sochart, D H ^a   Hardinge, K ^b  

^a Prncs Margaret Rose Orthoped Hosp   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS RETURN; VENOUS STASIS;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; ROTATION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032729168     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B4.8909     Document Type: Article

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