Venous ulcers: A reappraisal analyzing the effects of neuropathy, muscle involvement, and range of motion upon gait and calf muscle function

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Shiman, Michael I ^a   Pieper, Barbara ^b   Templin, Thomas N ^b   Birk, Thomas J ^b   Patel, Asha R ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; DAFLON; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; GABAPENTIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREGABALIN; SULODEXIDE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG ULCER; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SOCIETY; ULCER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE; WOUND HEALING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 62449305617     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00468.x     Document Type: Review

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