Hand volume estimates based on a geometric algorithm in comparison to water displacement

Lymphology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-103

  Mayrovitz, Harvey N ^a   Sims, N ^a   Hill, C J ^a   Hernandez, T ^a   Greenshner, A ^a   Diep, H ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edema measurement; Hand edema; Hand models; Hand volume

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELLIPTICAL FRUSTUM MODEL; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HAND; HAND VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAPE MEASURE; TECHNICAL AID; WATER DISPLACEMENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; HAND; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 33746016601     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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