A novel method to measure blood flow in the popliteal vein using ultrasound Doppler system

Deep vein thrombosis is a serious medical condition, especially in stroke patients, where the major reason can be attributed to venous stasis [8] due to lack of ankle exercises which causes blood clots to form in the veins. This study aims to investigate the effect of ankle dorsiflexion and plantarflexion on popliteal vein blood flow using an ultrasound Doppler system. In this preliminary study, two healthy subjects (1 male age 25 and 1 female...