Changes in tissue water and indentation resistance of lymphedematous limbs accompanying low level laser therapy (LLLT) of fibrotic skin

Lymphology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 168-177

  Mayrovitz, Harvey N ^a   Davey, S ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Healing Hands of Lymphatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; LLLT treatment; Lymphedema; Tissue dielectric constant; Tissue hardness; Tissue water; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM LYMPHEDEMA; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG LYMPHEDEMA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE INDENTATION RESISTANCE; TISSUE WATER; BODY WATER; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FIBROSIS; LIMB; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WATER; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 84859924286     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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