A randomized blinded comparison of two methods used for venous antistasis in tetraplegia

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 221-227

  Nash, Mark S ^a,b   David Mintz, C ^b   Montalvo, Berta M ^b   Jacobs, Patrick L ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Compression; Tetraplegia; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746632162     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2000.11753529     Document Type: Article

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