A home-based exercise programme improves ankle range of motion in long-term venous ulcer patients

Phlebology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-89

  Davies, J A ^a,c   Bull, R H ^a   Farrelly, I J ^a   Wakelin, M J ^b  

^a Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle mobility; Calf pump; Exercise; Pain; Venous ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE RANGE OF MOTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GONIOMETRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME BASED EXERCISE PROGRAMME; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCER; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOME CARE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 39749098105     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835507780346178     Document Type: Article

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