Objective evaluation of skin pressure distribution of graduated elastic compression stockings

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 615-624

  Liu, Rong ^a   Kwok, Yi Lin ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Lao, Terence T H ^b   Zhang, Xin ^c   Dai, Xiao Qun ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; PRESSURE; PRESSURE SENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN RECEPTOR; STANDING; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; PRESSURE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 22844444944     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200506000-00001     Document Type: Article

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