Heel skin hyperaemia: Direct compression versus vascular occlusion

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 354-359

  Mayrovitz, Harvey N ^a   Dribin, Lori ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischaemic; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation; Pressure ulcer; Reactive hyperaemia; Skin blood flow; Tissue compression; Tissue oxygen

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; COMPRESSION; CUFF; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SUPINE POSITION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 0345257119     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-097X.2003.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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