Effects of graduated compression stockings with different pressure profiles on lower-limb venous structures and haemodynamics

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-478

  Liu, Rong ^a   Lao, Terence T ^b   Kwok, Yi Lin ^c   Li, Yi ^c   Ying, Michael Tin Cheung ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Compression stockings; Pressure levels; Venous anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS RETURN; VENOUS STASIS; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRESSURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 58749114195     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-008-0058-2     Document Type: Article

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