Reversal of lower limb venous and lymphatic pooling by passive non-invasive calf muscle pump stimulation

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2875-2877

  Madhavan, Guruprasad ^a   Cole, Jason P ^a   Pierce, Carolyn S ^b   McLeod, Kenneth J ^a  

^a State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calf muscle pump; Continuous blood pressure; Lymphatic flow; Plantar stimulation; Venous flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE; MICROMECHANICS; MUSCLE; SERVOMECHANISMS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

CALF MUSCLE PUMPS; CONTINUOUS BLOOD PRESSURE; LYMPHATIC FLOWS; PLANTAR STIMULATION; VENOUS FLOWS;

PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPINE POSITION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 34047164657     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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