Research Article
Sequential Contraction Compression has a Positive Effect on Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease
Jonathan Rosenblum1*, Dimitry Gimmelreich2 and Nachum Greenberg3
1Diabetic Foot Service, Department of Orthopedics, Shaarei Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2Department of Vascular Surgery, Shaarei Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
3Department of Orthopedics, Shaarei Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- *Corresponding Author:
- Jonathan Rosenblum
DPM, Diabetic Foot Service, Department of Orthopedics
Shaarei Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Tel: +972505955161, +16466205448
E-mail: diabfootman@gmail.com
Received date: May 25, 2016; Accepted date: June 07, 2016; Published date: June 11, 2016
Citation: Rosenblum J, Gimmelreich D, Greenberg N (2016) Sequential Contraction Compression has a Positive Effect on Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease. J Nov Physiother 6:297. doi:10.4172/2165-7025.1000297
Copyright: © 2016 Rosenblum J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
PAD is increasing in incidence with the rise in obesity, Diabetes and smoking. The author sets out to evaluate a new technology, Sequential Contraction Compression Therapy, in patients with PAD. On an open label prospective analysis of 18 patients with moderate PAD and claudication SCCD was found to be effective in lowering their complaints of pain and in increasing the distance walked before claudication. The results of this study show that this technology warrants a further evaluation as a possible adjunct therapy in the treatment of PAD.