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The standard of care for lymphedema: current concepts and physiological considerationsHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Lymphat Res Biol 7:101-8. 2009..An advanced programmable device that provides truncal and proximal clearance and low applied pressure represents the current choice for such in-home devices...- Forearm skin tissue dielectric constant measured at 300 MHz: effect of changes in skin vascular volume and blood flowHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 33:55-61. 2013.... - Skin tissue water assessed via tissue dielectric constant measurements in persons with and without diabetes mellitusHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Diabetes Technol Ther 15:60-5. 2013.... - Biophysical measures of skin tissue water: variations within and among anatomical sites and correlations between measuresHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Skin Res Technol 19:47-54. 2013..Since skin differs among anatomical sites and tissue depth we sought to determine the site and depth variability of these measures and their relationships... 
Changes in tissue water and indentation resistance of lymphedematous limbs accompanying low level laser therapy (LLLT) of fibrotic skinH N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphology 44:168-77. 2011....- Suitability of single tissue dielectric constant measurements to assess local tissue water in normal and lymphedematous skinHarvey N Mayrovitz
Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 29:123-7. 2009..5 TDC units (+/-6.5%) for each condition, site and depth measured. This finding suggests that where this level of agreement is acceptable suitable clinical assessments can be made using a single TDC measurement... - Localized tissue water changes accompanying one manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) therapy session assessed by changes in tissue dielectric constant inpatients with lower extremity lymphedemaH N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphology 41:87-92. 2008..This finding suggests that TDC measurements are useful as complementary and perhaps as independent assessment methods of edema/lymphedema and treatment-related changes... - Local tissue water assessed by tissue dielectric constant: anatomical site and depth dependence in women prior to breast cancer treatment-related surgeryHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 28:337-42. 2008..The depth dependence feature provides additional flexibility to investigate oedematous or lymphoedematous conditions... - Assessing local tissue edema in postmastectomy lymphedemaH N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphology 40:87-94. 2007..2 and no control subject's TDC ratio was as great as 1.2. Results suggest that this method is a good quantitative discriminator of the presence of lymphedema in patients with unilateral limb lymphedema... - Interface pressures produced by two different types of lymphedema therapy devicesHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, 3200 S University Dr, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Phys Ther 87:1379-88. 2007..This study characterized actual pressures delivered by a traditional compression pump (Lympha Press [LP]) and one using an alternate compression pattern (Flexitouch [FT])... - Local tissue water changes assessed by tissue dielectric constant: single measurements versus averaging of multiple measurementsH N Mayrovitz
Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphology 41:186-8. 2008..This finding strongly suggests that for most, if not all, clinical evaluations, suitable assessments can be made using a single TDC measurement... - Assessing lymphedema by tissue indentation force and local tissue waterH N Mayrovitz
Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphology 42:88-98. 2009..Thus, measurements of local IF and tissue water provide useful but apparently independent information as to lymphedematous status and its potential change with therapy... - Local tissue water in at-risk and contralateral forearms of women with and without breast cancer treatment-related lymphedemaHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Health Professions Division, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphat Res Biol 7:153-8. 2009..Our goal was to use this method to compare arm-to-arm differences in LTW within and among women grouped as healthy normal (HN), diagnosed with breast cancer (BC), but prior to surgery and established unilateral lymphedema (LE)... - Local tissue water assessed by measuring forearm skin dielectric constant: dependence on measurement depth, age and body mass indexHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Skin Res Technol 16:16-22. 2010.... - Male-female differences in forearm skin tissue dielectric constantHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 30:328-32. 2010.... - Spatial variations in forearm skin tissue dielectric constantHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Skin Res Technol 16:438-43. 2010..Our goal was to characterize the extent of such spatial variations... - Medical compression: effects on pulsatile leg blood flowH N Mayrovitz
Nova Southeastern University, College of Medical Sciences, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Int Angiol 29:436-41. 2010..In this study, the effect of foot-to-knee, four-layer compression bandaging on below-knee arterial pulsatile blood flow was assessed by nuclear magnetic resonance flowmetry... - Measurement decisions for clinical assessment of limb volume changes in patients with bilateral and unilateral limb edemaHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, 3200 S University Dr, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Phys Ther 87:1362-8. 2007.... - Skin tissue water and laser Doppler blood flow during a menstrual cycleHarvey N Mayrovitz
Physiology Department, College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL 33328, USA
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 27:54-9. 2007..This possibility suggests that it may be useful to measure and report a skin tissue water index when serial changes in blood perfusion are being investigated... - Hand volume estimates based on a geometric algorithm in comparison to water displacementH N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphology 39:95-103. 2006.... - Foot volume estimates based on a geometric algorithm in comparison to water displacementH N Mayrovitz
Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphology 38:20-7. 2005.... - Effects of a static magnetic field of either polarity on skin microcirculationHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, 3200 S University Drive, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Microvasc Res 69:24-7. 2005..The present findings are the first to demonstrate a direct effect of locally applied magnets on human skin blood perfusion... - Inspiration-induced vasoconstrictive responses in dominant versus non-dominant handsHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 25:69-74. 2005..2%) and non-dominant hands (81.9 +/- 11.6%, P = 0.965) with an overall IGR of 80.6 +/- 11.4%. These results indicate that hand-dominance is not a factor that is likely to significantly effect IGR differentials determined in paired-limbs... - Transcutaneous oxygen tension in arms of women with unilateral postmastectomy lymphedemaH N Mayrovitz
Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Lymphology 38:81-6. 2005..8 mmHg at the start and 61.8 +/- 9.2 mmHg at the end of treatment. Thus, despite significant amounts of initial edema, TcPO2 was not initially less in affected arms nor was it changed by therapy that improved both edema and fibrosis... - Biophysical effects of water and synthetic urine on skinH N Mayrovitz
Nova Southeastern University, College of Medical Sciences, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Adv Skin Wound Care 14:302-8. 2001..Measures to diminish skin exposure to wetness in these patients, whatever the wetness source, are an important consideration in a multifaceted strategy to reduce the risk of pressure ulcers... - Effects of permanent magnets on resting skin blood perfusion in healthy persons assessed by laser Doppler flowmetry and imagingH N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Department of Physiology, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Bioelectromagnetics 22:494-502. 2001..It is concluded that in the healthy subjects studied with normal, unstressed circulation, magnets of the type and for the duration used, showed no detectible effect on skin blood perfusion in the anatomical area studied... - Neurovascular responses to sequential deep inspirations assessed via laser-Doppler perfusion changes in dorsal finger skinHarvey N Mayrovitz
Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 22:49-54. 2002..Finally, the results indicate that the largest component of response variability is associated with subject-to-subject differences as compared with sequential variability within subjects... - Heel skin hyperaemia: direct compression versus vascular occlusionHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 23:354-9. 2003..Possible sources of the observed greater post-loading hyperaemia responses are discussed... - No effect of 85 mT permanent magnets on laser-Doppler measured blood flow response to inspiratory gaspsHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Bioelectromagnetics 26:331-5. 2005..We conclude that magnets of the type, strength and duration used, have no significant effect on vasoconstrictive processes associated with this sympathetic reflex in this group of healthy subjects... - Inspiration-induced vascular responses in finger dorsum skinHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33328, USA
Microvasc Res 63:227-32. 2002..We therefore conclude that the IGVR does not depend on the presence of AVAs and that the dorsal distal phalanx is a viable alternative for the study of sympathetically related neurovascular responses... - Effects of different cyclic pressurization and relief patterns on heel skin blood perfusionHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA
Adv Skin Wound Care 15:158-64. 2002..These results are applicable when the patient is capable of a normal physiologic hyperemic response. The next major investigative challenge is to examine the impact of pressure-relief cycles on patients with diminished hyperemic reserve... - Effects of ankle-to-knee external pressures on skin blood perfusion under and distal to compressionHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Adv Skin Wound Care 16:198-202. 2003..From a clinical perspective, it would seem prudent to anticipate that sub-bandage and distal SBF would be negatively affected by compression, with greater effects likely in tissue distal to compression... - Limb volume estimates based on limb elliptical vs. circular cross section modelsH N Mayrovitz
Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Lymphology 36:140-3. 2003.... - Effects of support surface relief pressures on heel skin blood perfusionHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Adv Skin Wound Care 16:141-5. 2003..This suggests that lower blood pressures need lower pressure-relief levels. It is suspected that if depressed vascular responsiveness and/or diminished hyperemic reserve is also present, even lower relief pressures are needed... - Sacral skin blood perfusion: a factor in pressure ulcers?Harvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, 3200 S University Drive, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Ostomy Wound Manage 48:34-8, 40-2. 2002..Large spatial variability in skin blood flow (40%) suggests that comparisons of skin blood flow among sites are best done with laser Doppler imaging in contrast to standard laser Doppler monitoring... - Effects of support surface relief pressures on heel skin blood flow in persons with and without diabetes mellitusHarvey N Mayrovitz
College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Fla, USA
Adv Skin Wound Care 17:197-201. 2004.... - Lymphedema, lipedema, and the open wound: the role of compression therapyJohn M Macdonald
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Surg Clin North Am 83:639-58. 2003..The mobilization of lymph fluid from the peri-wound area with the use of reasoned compression is essential for proper therapy of the open wound, as are appropriate bandage selection and safeguards for bandage application...