Journal of Vascular Medicine & Surgery

Department of Rehabilitation, Hiroshima International University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

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• Research Article   
  Comparison of Fully and Partly Compression Socks for Prevention of Leg Swelling during the Working Daytime
  Author(s): Kosuke Morinaga*, Shigekazu Ishihara, Shun Tarumoto, Masako Nakahara and Toshio Tsuji
  
  In recent years, many compression socks have been marketed with the purpose of improving swelling and leg shaping. They either apply uniform pressure to the entire lower leg or apply pressure in stages starting from the foot. Both types attempt to apply pressure to the entire circumference of the leg at the same pressure. These are strongly woven to apply pressure, making them difficult to wear and often causing a feeling of tightness. Therefore, new partly- compression socks were devised to apply pressure selectively to the upper part of the gastrocnemius muscle (the back of the lower leg) rather than uniformly around the entire leg. In this research, three measurement experiments were conducted using fully-compression socks, partly-compression socks, and normal socks: actual pressure measurement, measurement of circumference and volume change in the morning and afternoon, .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-6925.23.11.497

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