Accelerometer based calf muscle pump activity monitoring

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 717-722

  O'Donovan, Karol J ^a   O'Keeffe, Derek T ^a   Grace, Pierce A ^b   Lyons, Gerard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Calf muscle pump; Deep vein thrombosis (DVT); Lower leg

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BLOOD; MUSCLE;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; CALF MUSCLE PUMPS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT); LOWER LEG;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LEG EXERCISE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL;

EID: 27644540946     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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