Tapping but not massage enhances vasodilation and improves venous palpation of cutaneous veins

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 79-85

  Ichimura, Mika ^a,b   Sasaki, Shinsuke ^a,c   Mori, Masaharu ^d   Ogino, Tetsuya ^a  

^a OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kansai University   (Japan)

^d KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Massage; Tapping; Vasodilation; Venipuncture; Venous palpation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; PALPATION; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; TIME FACTOR; TOURNIQUET; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION; VEIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; PALPATION; PHLEBOTOMY; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASODILATION; VEINS;

EID: 84946165431     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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