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ArticleIEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine2021

Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise.

K Vinay, Krishna Nagaraj, H R Arvinda, V Vikas, Madhav Rao

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Article in IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine, 2021. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

K VinaySurgical and Assistive Robotics LaboratoryIIIT-BangaloreBengaluru560100India.
Krishna NagarajSurgical and Assistive Robotics LaboratoryIIIT-BangaloreBengaluru560100India.
H R ArvindaDepartment of NeuroradiologyNIMHANSBengaluru560029India.
V VikasDepartment of NeurosurgeryNIMHANSBengaluru560029India.
Madhav RaoSurgical and Assistive Robotics LaboratoryIIIT-BangaloreBengaluru560100India.
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics · INAndalusian Health Service · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The problem of immobility of legs leading to a potentially life threatening condition including deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is well known. The reduced mobility of leg affects a large number of patients in a wide range of clinical scenarios spanning from swelling of the legs to pulmonary embolism. In normal human beings, an elegant system of venous return, both active and passive is responsible for prevention of deep venous thrombosis. The paper proposes a prophylaxis and exercise device that mimics the natural principles of venous return to promote the blood flow. The device is based on electromechanical actuation, and simultaneous alternating compression mechanism, that is compact and, suitably form fitted in design and additionally requires no specialised training for the usage. The device was tested on a healthy volunteer on two different days and findings support the efficacy of the prophylaxis and exercise device in significantly improving the blood flow rate in the lower limb. The prototype device is considered as a major step towards designing a clinically validated lower limb device.

Indexed as

Pulmonary EmbolismVenous ThrombosisExerciseHumansLegLower ExtremityBlood flowlower limbprophylaxisrehabilitation

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PMID33224639
PMCPMC7676509
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