ADMITTANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF UNDULATORY MASSAGE FOR THE EDEMATOUS LIMB

Z Yamakazi, Y Fujimori, T Wada, T Togawa, K Yamakoshi

Abstract


A new apparatus, called Hadomer has been developed
for the treatment of peripheral lymphedema and venous
disorder. It has cuffs with 5 rooms, through which the
air pressure moves from periphery to proximal point,
just like surging waves. The peripheral stagnant lymph
and venous blood are displaced toward the heart by
this pneumatic massage.
Hadomer has been applied to more than 400 patients
with the edematous limbs, with satisfactory results, such
as decrease of swelling, pain and induration. These clinical
results have been also confirned by electrical admittance
plethysmography which is useful to measure
noninvasively the edematous volume and the blood flow.
The admittance of the edematous limbs is high and after
massaging with Hadomer it approaches normal range.
The blood flow in the diseased limbs is less than the
healthy one and it is observed better after pneumatically
massaging.


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