Short-stretch compression bandages and the foot pump: their relationship to restricted mobility.
Practitioners are generally advised not to use short-stretch bandages on patients who are immobile. But this appears to reflect confusion about calf muscle function, which research indicates still occurs during periods of limited mobility.
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D001458:Bandages; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008833:Microcirculation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011312:Pressure; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*