Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on foot/ankle volume during standing

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 630-634

  Man, Vy O W ^a   Lepar, Gila S ^a   Morrissey, Matthew C ^a   Cywinski, Jozef K ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Medical Technology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Musculovenous pump; Orthostasis; Venous stasis; Volumetry; Water displacement technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; EDEMA; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LEG; LEG SWELLING; LYMPH FLOW; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS STASIS; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ANKLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIZZINESS; EDEMA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0037387362     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000058432.29149.08     Document Type: Article

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