Ricerc@Sapienza

Objectives
Hydrostatic compression (HC) occurring during body immersion is considered beneficial for venous return from the lower limbs. No study has evaluated the effects of HC on the veins of the lower limbs using duplex ultrasound (DU). The purpose of this study was to use DU to evaluate the morphology and flow of the leg veins during immersion.

Design
The femoral and great saphenous veins were evaluated before and during immersion in a specifically built pool, in normal and varicose limbs.

Background: To date, no document comprehensively focused on the complex issue of the rehabilitation of chronic
venous diseases of the lower limbs.
Method: This article overviews and summarizes current strategies concerning venous rehabilitation of lower limbs.
Results: Venous rehabilitation is based on four main strategies: (1) lifestyle adaptations and occupational therapies; (2)
physical therapies; (3) adapted physical activities; (4) psychological and social support. Rehabilitative protocols must be

Verrucous hyperplasia of the skin (VHS) occurs rarely in legs with severe venous stasis. In these cases, sonography demonstrates thickening and hyperechogenicity of the skin layers. The core of the verrucous-like protrusions consisted of a fibrous lump of the reticular dermis, surrounded by an anechogenic layer and covered by a thickened epidermal shell. Compression treatment provokes the progressive disappearing of the dermal plications accompanied by reduction of the cutaneous and subcutaneous edema and infiltration.