Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 703-709 , June 2007

Effects of Graduated Compression Stockings on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Responses to Exercise and Exercise Recovery in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

  • Diana Rimaud, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Physiologie et Physiopathologie de l’Exercice et Handicap, Faculté de Médecine Jacques Lisfranc, Université Jean Monnet, and Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Bellevue, Saint Etienne, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Diana Rimaud, MSc, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, CHU Saint Etienne; Hôpital Bellevue, 42055 Saint-Etienne, Cedex 2, France
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  • Paul Calmels, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Physiologie et Physiopathologie de l’Exercice et Handicap, Faculté de Médecine Jacques Lisfranc, Université Jean Monnet, and Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Bellevue, Saint Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Frédéric Roche, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Physiologie et Physiopathologie de l’Exercice et Handicap, Faculté de Médecine Jacques Lisfranc, Université Jean Monnet, and Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Bellevue, Saint Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Jacques Mongold, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gibaud S.A., Saint-Etienne, France
    • ,
  • François Trudeau, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Département des Sciences de l’Activité Physique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
    • ,
  • Xavier Devillard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Physiologie et Physiopathologie de l’Exercice et Handicap, Faculté de Médecine Jacques Lisfranc, Université Jean Monnet, and Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital Bellevue, Saint Etienne, France

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 Supported by the Centre of Medical Technology (Saint-Etienne, France) and Gibaud SAS (Saint-Etienne, France).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00232-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.023

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 703-709 , June 2007

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