Dogmas and controversies in compression therapy: Report of an International Compression Club (ICC) meeting, Brussels, May 2011

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 516-526

  Flour, Mieke ^a   Clark, Michael ^b   Partsch, Hugo ^c   Mosti, Giovanni ^d   Uhl, Jean Francois ^e   Chauveau, Michel ^f   Cros, Francois ^f   Gelade, Pierre ^f   Bender, Dean ^g   Andriessen, Anneke ^h   Schuren, Jan ⁱ   Cornu Thenard, André ^j   Arkans, Ed ^k   Milic, Dragan ^l   Benigni, Jean Patrick ^m   Damstra, Robert ⁿ   Szolnoky, Gyozo ^o   Schingale, Franz ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Private Practice   (Austria)

^d Clinica Barbantini   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f Laboratoires Innothera   (France)

^g CircAid Medical   (United States)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ 3M Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^j HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^k ACI Medical   (United States)

^l Clinical Centre Nis   (Serbia)

^m SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

ⁿ Department of Dermatology   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^p Lympho Opt Clinic for Lymphology   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Compression bandages; Compression stockings; Intermittent pneumatic compression; Leg ulcers; Lipoedema; Lymphoedema

Indexed keywords

STANOZOLOL;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANGIOGENESIS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION INSTRUMENT; COMPRESSION STOCKING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSENSUS; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECZEMA; ELASTIC FIBER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHYSICIAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVASCULARIZATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ULCER HEALING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DILATATION; WOUND CARE;

COMPRESSION BANDAGES; COMPRESSION STOCKINGS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION; LEG ULCERS; LIPOEDEMA; LYMPHOEDEMA;

BELGIUM; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEG ULCER; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION;

EID: 84884726636     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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