Interface pressure under a ready made compression stocking developed for the treatment of venous ulcers over a period of six weeks

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-90

  Junger M ^a   Hafner H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Compression therapy; Interface pressure

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BODY POSITION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; MALE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRESSURE; SENSOR; ULCER;

EID: 0037524300     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.32.2.87     Document Type: Article

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