Counteracting venous stasis during acute lower leg immobilization

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Poelkens, F ^a   Thijssen, D H J ^a   Kersten, B ^a   Scheurwater, H ^b   Van Laarhoven, E W ^b   Hopman, M T E ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c RUN MC ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Fracture; Muscle pump activity; Strain gauge plethysmography; Venous ejection fraction; Venous ejection volume

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD VOLUME; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; LOWER LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUMP; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TILTING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS STASIS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CASTS, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WATER;

EID: 33645000744     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2005.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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