A haemodynamic study of the physiological mechanisms of the venous pump in the healthy human foot

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1411-1414

  Broderick, Barry J ^a   Corley, Gavin J ^a   Quondamatteo, Fabio ^a   Grace, Pierce A ^b   Breen, Paul P ^a   ÓLaighin, Gearóid ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMODYNAMICS;

BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENT; DOMINANT MECHANISM; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; HEALTHY HUMANS; MUSCULAR CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; WEIGHT BEARING;

BLOOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VEINS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 61849160284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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