Intermittent pneumatic compression in fracture and soft-tissue injuries healing

Intermittent pneumatic compression in fracture and soft-tissue injuries healing.

INTRODUCTION Current methods of fracture care use various adjuncts to try and decrease time to fracture union, improve fracture union rates and enhance functional recovery. Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC), one such modality, is used in the management of both fractures and soft-tissue injuries. METHODS AND RESULTS A search of PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, DH data and Embase databases was p...

Intermittent pneumatic compression improves venous ulcer healing.

The effects of intermittent pneumatic compression on the healing rates of ulcers in patients with chronic venous insufficiency were examined in a prospective, controlled study of 22 patients. Patients were randomly assigned to the experimental or the control group. Both groups received local wound care followed by application of an Unna boot. In addition, subjects in the experimental group rece...

StarSystem Intermittent Pneumatic Compression

Cryotherapy and Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Soft Tissue Trauma THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES

athletic therapy today © 2009 Human Kinetics Att 14(1), pp. 2-4 SOFT TISSUE trauma initiates an inflammatory response that increases the local tissue temperature. Characteristics of inflammation include increased blood flow, edema accumulation, and passage of leukocytes into the tissue spaces. Leukocytes play a central role in removal of infectious agents and tissue debris, but they can also be...

Intermittent pneumatic compression after stroke

www.thelancet.com/neurology Vol 13 December 2014 1163 Acute stroke often causes immobility, which predisposes to deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and these can be fatal or disabling. Low-dose subcutaneous anticoagulation with heparins and heparinoids reduces the risk of venous thromboembolism, but the benefi t is off set by haemorrhagic complications. Even targeting anticoagulation t...