Fastest reduction of posttraumatic edema: Continuous cryotherapy or intermittent impulse compression?

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 432-438

  Stockle U ^a   Hoffmann, R ^a   Schutz M ^a   Von Fournier, C ^a   Sudkamp N P ^a   Haas, N ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 1842296912     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079701800711     Document Type: Article

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