Open AccessLow-pressure sequential compression of lower limbs enhances forearm skin blood flow
Author(s) -
G. Amah,
Sébastian Voicu,
Philippe Bonnin,
Nathalie Kubis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical and investigative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1488-2353
pISSN - 0147-958X
DOI - 10.25011/cim.v39i6.27488
Subject(s) - forearm , compression (physics) , blood flow , medicine , cardiology , biomedical engineering , anatomy , materials science , composite material
We investigated whether forearm skin blood flow could be improved when a multilayer pulsatile inflatable suit was applied at a low pressure to the lower limbs and abdomen. We hypothesized that a non-invasive purely mechanical stimulation of the lower limbs could induce remote forearm blood flow modifications.
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