Do we still need compression bandages? Haemodynamic effects of compression stockings and bandages

Phlebology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 132-138

  Partsch, H ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambulatory venous hypertension; Bandages; Compression therapy; Interface pressure; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYNAMOMETRY; EDEMA; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; LEG; LEG SWELLING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SITTING; STANDING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS REFLUX; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 33748777974     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 02683555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835506778253283     Document Type: Article

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