Complete decongestive physiotherapy for older people with chronic venous insufficiency

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-170

  Bakar, Yesim ^a   Öztürk, Asuman ^a   Calisal, Mehmet Alper ^a   Ertürk, Kivilcim ^a   Daglar, Bahadir ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiencies; Complete decongestive physiotherapy; Edema; Manual lymphatic drainage; Older people; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPLETE DECONGESTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG CIRCUMFERENCE; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SKIN CARE; WALKING;

EID: 77952994568     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TGR.0b013e3181e85588     Document Type: Article

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