Venous thromboembolism following vigorous deep tissue massage

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 136-139

  Crump, Casey ^a   Paluska, Scott A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Massage; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CARTEOLOL; HEPARIN; LATANOPROST; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; GLAUCOMA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG INJURY; MALE; MASSAGE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHLEBITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VIGOROUS DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 78650282777     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.12.1836     Document Type: Article

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