Compression stockings for treating venous leg ulcers: Measurement of interface pressure under a new ulcer kit

Phlebology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Partsch, B ^a   Partsch, H ^a  

^a Division of Angiology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Compression stockings; Interface pressure; Stiffness; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFACE PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ULCER; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 41949138781     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2007.007018     Document Type: Article

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