Perfusion of buttock skin in healthy volunteers after long and short repetitive loading evaluated by laser Doppler perfusion imager

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 297-302

  Thorfinn, Johan ^a   Sjöberg, Folke ^a   Lidman, Disa ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decubitus ulcer; Laser Doppler perfusion imaging; Reactive hyperaemia; Repetitive loading; Sitting pressure; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SKIN; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BUTTOCKS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; PRESSURE; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36048978343     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310701633249     Document Type: Article

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