Does size matter? The impact of calf muscle volume on venous return in patients with venous leg ulcers

Phlebology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-69

  Clarke Moloney, Mary ^a   Lyons, G M ^b   Egan, M ^a,b   Wallis, F ^a,b   Burke, P E ^a   Kavanagh, E ^a   Grace, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calf muscle; Leg ulcer; Venous haemodynamics; Venous return

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; LEG ULCER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS RETURN; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 65949103407     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835507780346169     Document Type: Article

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