Haemodynamic study examining the response of venous blood flow to electrical stimulation of the gastrocnemius muscle in patients with chronic venous disease

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-305

  Moloney, Mary Clarke ^a   Lyons, G M ^a   Breen, P ^a   Burke, P E ^a   Grace, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Haemodynamics; Pain; Venous ulceration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POPLITEAL VEIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33144455785     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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