Graduated compression stockings for runners: Friend, Foe, or Fake?

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-232

  Jorn Bovenschen, H ^a   Te Booij, Mariëlle ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Carine J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leg volume; Lower leg; Venous hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION STOCKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION;

EID: 84876726425     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-48.1.26     Document Type: Article

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