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Limb Elevation

Limb Elevation is a therapeutic intervention involving the strategic raising of a body extremity above the level of the heart to facilitate venous and lymphatic drainage, thereby reducing swelling and mitigating the accumulation of interstitial fluid in edematous tissues.

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Where and when do we look as we approach and step over an obstacle in the travel path?

Aftab E. Patla, Joan N. Vickers · Neuroreport · 1997 · 492 citations

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Locomotor Patterns of the Leading and the Trailing Limbs as Solid and Fragile Obstacles are Stepped over: Some Insights into the Role of Vision During Locomotion

Aftab E. Patla, Shirley Rietdyk, C. Martin et al. · Journal of Motor Behavior · 1996 · 169 citations

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Cardiac, arterial and venous adaptation to weightlessness during 6-month MIR spaceflights with and without thigh cuffs (bracelets)

S Herault, G Fomina, I. V. Alferova et al. · European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2000 · 161 citations

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Passive Leg Raising Does Not Produce a Significant or Sustained Autotransfusion Effect

F. Andrew Gaffney, B. Bastian, Erwin R. Thal et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1982 · 95 citations

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Effect of leg elevation on the skin microcirculation in chronic venous insufficiency

A. Abu-Own, J H Scurr, Philip Smith · Journal of Vascular Surgery · 1994 · 81 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AE
    Aftab E. Patla

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    3 publications · 692 citations

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    Frederick A. Matsen

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  3. PC
    Peter C. Altner

    John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, United States

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  4. AL
    Annemarie L. Lee

    La Trobe University, Australia

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  5. PH
    Paul Hardiman

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 40 citations

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Institutions

103

  1. Hvidovre Hospital

    Hvidovre, Denmark

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    74 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    121 citations

  3. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Beaumont Hospital

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    70 citations

  5. John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    78 citations

  6. Keio University

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    117 citations

  7. Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    126 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    377 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 9 publications · 175 citations

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  3. European Journal of Applied Physiology

    3 publications · 203 citations

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  4. Phlebology The Journal of Venous Disease

    3 publications · 72 citations

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  5. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

    JCRP · 2 publications · 81 citations

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