Venous emptying from the foot: Influences of weight bearing, toe curls, electrical stimulation, passive compression, and posture

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1045-1052

  Broderick, Barry J ^a,b   Corley, Gavin J ^a,b   Quondamatteo, Fabio ^b   Breen, Paul P ^a,b   Serrador, Jorge ^a,c   ÓLaighin, Gearóid ^a,b  

^a Electrical and Electronic Engineering   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Intermittent pneumatic compression; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Peripheral venous pump; Plantar venous plexus

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INNERVATION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPLITEAL VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPINE POSITION; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS PRESSURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUPINE POSITION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78149340436     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00231.2010     Document Type: Article

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