Compression stockings with moderate pressure are able to reduce chronic leg oedema

Phlebology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 289-296

  Mosti, G ^a   Picerni, P ^a   Partsch, H ^b  

^a MD Barbantini Clinic   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic oedema; Compression therapy; Elastic stocking; Inelastic bandage; Leg volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION STOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERFACE PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG CIRCUMFERENCE; LEG EDEMA; MALE; PATIENT COMFORT; PRESSURE DRESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VENOUS STASIS; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SKIN; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869423795     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2011.011038     Document Type: Article

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