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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

The Effects of Thermal Water Physical Exercise in Patients with Lower Limb Chronic Venous Insufficiency Monitored by Bioimpedance Analysis.

Erica Menegatti, Anselmo Pagani, Giampiero Avruscio, Marianna Mucignat, Sergio Gianesini

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Erica MenegattiDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, 44124 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0850-1654
Anselmo PaganiDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, 44124 Ferrara, Italy.
Giampiero AvruscioDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Angiology Unit, Padova University Hospital, 35028 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2344-0637
Marianna MucignatDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, 44124 Ferrara, Italy.
Sergio GianesiniDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, 44124 Ferrara, Italy.
University of Ferrara · ITUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

"Foundation for Thermal Scientific Research - FORST" (Rome, ITALY). unrestricted grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLower limb chronic venous diseases (CVD) lead to possible edema. The aim of the present investigation was to study the effect of thermal aquatic standardize exercise on lower limb edema control in CVD patients assessed by bioimpedance analysis (BIA).

methodsSeventeen patients (34 legs) affected by CVD clinical class CEAP C3, 4c, Ep, As, Pr were included. All the cohort performed a standardized exercise protocol in thermal water environment for a total of five sessions. BIA, leg volume, and heart rate at rest were measured.

resultsAfter the five exercise sessions, BIA showed a significant percentage of extracellular water (ECW) reduction from 42.1 ± 5.8 to 41.24 ± 5.5%;

conclusionThe investigated exercise protocol significantly affects the lower limb volume, and BIA parameters related to the tissue drainage improvement. The correlation founded between the ECW rate and volume variations suggest the possible use of BIA as a biomarker for monitoring the treatments aimed to reduce edema in CVD.

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bioimpedancechronic venous insufficiencyedemaexercisethermal watervolume

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PMID33142741
PMCPMC7694156
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