Effects of low-frequency ultrasound on microcirculation in venous leg ulcers

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-179

  Wollina, Uwe ^a   Heinig, Birgit ^b   Naumann, Gunther ^c   Scheibe, Armin ^d   Schmidt, Wolf Dieter ^d   Neugebauer, Reimund ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MACHINE TOOLS AND FORMING TECHNOLOGY IWU   (Germany)

^d GMBU eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

hemoglobin; low frequency ultrasound; microcirculation; oxygen; spectroscopy; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEG ULCER; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 79957873375     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.80412     Document Type: Article

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