Interface pressure and stiffness of ready made compression stockings: Comparison of in vivo and in vitro measurements

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 809-814

  Partsch, Hugo ^a   Partsch, Bernhard ^b   Braun, Walter ^c  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b Textile Laboratory ^*

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFACE PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RIGIDITY; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; TEXTILE;

ADULT; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; PRESSURE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33748974850     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.024     Document Type: Article

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