Leg blood flow measurements using venous occlusion plethysmography during head-up tilt

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-111

  Kooijman, Miriam ^a,b   Poelkens, Fleur ^a   Rongen, Gerard A ^a   Smits, Paul ^a   Hopman, Maria T E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Calf blood flow; Doppler ultrasound; Orthostasis; Strain gauge plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HEAD; HUMANS; LEG; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VEINS;

EID: 34247620836     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-007-0402-7     Document Type: Article

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