A simple water-filled plethysmograph for measurement of limb blood flow in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 120-128

  Raine, Neil M ^a   Sneddon, Jennifer C ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Human physiology; Noninvasive; Plethysmography

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; EXERCISE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREARM; HAND GRIP; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

BLOOD VOLUME; CONSTRICTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TEMPERATURE; VEINS; WATER;

EID: 0036902028     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00030.2001     Document Type: Article

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