Optoelectric volume measurements to demonstrate volume changes in the lower extremities during orthostasis

International Angiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 395-400

  Pannier, F ^a   Rabe, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Edema; Lower extremity; Varicose veins; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; OPTOELECTRIC VOLUME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STANDING; VOLUMETRY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIZZINESS; EDEMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 78751697577     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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