Scanning laser-Doppler imaging of leg- and foot-skin perfusion in normal subjects: Analysis of age, gender, site, and laser-type effects

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 262-271

  Kunkel, Charles F ^a,b   Figoni, Stephen F ^a   Baumgarten, Jana M ^a   Carvalho, Claudio M ^a   Kim, Hyung S ^a   Oshiro, Resa L ^a   Zirovich, Milena D ^a   Scremin, Oscar U ^a,b   Scremin, A M Erika ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler Flowmetry; Microcirculation; Rehabilitation; Wound Healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LASER; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; LIMB PERFUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; INFRARED RAYS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASERS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN;

EID: 34247251529     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3180383526     Document Type: Article

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