Influence of intermittent compression cuff design on interface pressure and calf deformation: Experimental results

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2122-2125

  John, Gareth W ^a   Narracott, Andrew J ^b   Morris, Rhys J ^a   Woodcock, John P ^a   Lawford, Patricia V ^b   Hose, D Rodney ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT) PROPHYLAXIS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION (IPC);

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LEG; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 57649237940     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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