Ankle exercise and venous blood velocity

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1100-1103

  Stein, Paul D ^a,b   Yaekoub, Abdo Y ^a   Ahsan, Syed T ^a   Matta, Fadi ^a   Lala, Monisha M ^a   Mirza, Bakhtiar ^a   Badshah, Aaref ^a   Zamlut, Mahmud ^a   Malloy, Dennis J ^c   Denier, James E ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle exercise; Deep venous thrombosis; Economy class syndrome; Popliteal vein; Pulmonary embolism; Venous blood velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; VENOUS STASIS; AIRCRAFT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOT; MICROCLIMATE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TONIC IMMOBILITY; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

AIRCRAFT; ANKLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FOOT; HUMANS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; POPLITEAL VEIN; SUPINE POSITION; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67049117567     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-09-0615     Document Type: Article

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