The use of ultrasound in the evaluation of the efficacy of calf muscle pump function in primary chronic venous disease

Phlebology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 247-256

  Crisostomo R S S ^a,b   Candeias, M S ^b   Armada da Siva, P A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calf muscle pump function; Chronic venous disease; Doppler ultrasound; Venous flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POPLITEAL VEIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR DISEASES; VEINS;

EID: 84902535815     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268355512471757     Document Type: Article

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