RT Book, Section
A1 Marsico, Robert
A2 Bellew, James W.
A2 Michlovitz, Susan L.
A2 Nolan Jr., Thomas P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180667157
T1 Intermittent Pneumatic Compression
T2 Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 6e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803645639
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180667157
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  use  of  compression  of  vasculature  for  therapeutic  purposes  has  been  around  since  the  1800s,  when  physicians  experimented  with  the  application  of  external  compression  to  improve  circulation.  A  paper  published  in  1917  in  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association  described  the  use  of  compression  for  thromboangiitis  obliterans.1  Today,  compression  devices  use  a  mechanical  pump  and  a  sleeve  to  deliver  intermittent  pneumatic  compression  (IPC),  also  known  as  vasopneumatic  compression.  Rehabilitation  practitioners  use  IPC  devices  as  an  intervention  for  patients  with  circulatory  conditions  and  with  a  variety  of  outcome  measures  (Box  8-1)  (Figs.  8-1  and  8-2).