Intermittent venous compression, and the duration of hyperaemia in the common femoral artery

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 237-242

  Morris, Rhys J ^a   Woodcock, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries; Blood flow velocity; Doppler ultrasound; Leg; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; METABOLITE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 4043157056     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2004.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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