Lycra support tights: are they effective?

Phlebology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 162-166

  De Boer, E M ^a   Broekhuijsen, R W ^a   Nieboer, C ^a   Bezemer, P D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Healthy volunteers; Oedema; Optical leg volume meter; Support panty hose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG EDEMA; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033362089     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026835559901400407     Document Type: Article

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