The University of Manchester's William Lee Innovation Centre (WLIC) has unveiled a new medical system which knits made to measure compression stockings. The system, known as Scan2Knit, will be used to ...
Graduated compression stockings were used incorrectly in 29 percent of the patients and sized incorrectly in 26 percent of the patients according to new research. These stockings play an important ...
In this study, we hypothesized that both tested brands of elastic and inelastic supports effectively generate class III to class IV skin surface pressures as well as gradient compression. Our results ...
Wearing really tight socks in cold weather seems counterintuitive. I always believed that tight garments restricted blood flow, and thus, would hamper circulation. Throughout my life, I wore expensive ...
Thirty subjects (14 females, 16 males; ages 55–77 years) received elastic (Sigvaris 500, 30–40 mm Hg range, Sigvaris, Inc., Peachtree City, GA) and inelastic (CircAid C3 with Built-in-Pressure System ...