title: [Experimental and clinical studies of the mechanism of effect of manual lymph drainage therapy].
abstract: In an experimental study on rats and sheep we demonstrated by means of light reflexion rheography and laser doppler fluxmetry that manual lymphatic drainage therapy causes vessel narrowing followed by increased blood flow in the arterioles, capillaries and venulae of the skin as well as in peripheral arteries and an increased lymph flow in lymphatic collectors. A clinical pilot study on patients with obliterative arterial diseases who underwent eight lymph drainage treatments over a four-week period under clinical conditions confirmed this observation.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Experimentelle Chirurgie, Chirurgischen Universitätsklinik Ulm.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hutzschenreuter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brümmer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ebberfeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008196:Lymph / Q000502:physiology*; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000628:therapy*; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D051381:Rats; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012756:Sheep; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Experimentelle und klinische Untersuchungen zur Wirkungsweise der manuellen Lymphdrainage-Therapie.