A pressure profile for elastic stockings. Issue 6217 (22nd March 1980)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Horner, J; Lowth, L C; Nicolaides, A N
• Is Part Of: BMJ. Volume 280:Issue 6217(1980)
• Page Start: 818
• Page End: 820
• Publication Date: 1980-03-22
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.280.6217.818
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1447

Abstract

Abstract : Special equipment to measure the circumferential compression exerted by an elastic stocking was used to determine the "pressure-girth profiles" of several types of elastic stocking. Once the pressure-girth profile has been determined, the pressure exerted at the ankle, calf, and thigh can be predicted for any size of limb without further pressure measurements. An excellent correlation (r = 0.96) was obtained when this method was compared with another well-established one of measuring the pressures exerted by stockings. The method has several potential applications in quality control during stocking manufacture and, clinically, in determining whether a stocking exerts a graduated pressure on a particular limb.