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Terminology: resistance or stiffness for medical compression stockings?

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Received: 2 November 2012
Published: 4 April 2013
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resistance, stiffness, compression stockings.

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André Cornu-Thenard
andre.cornuthenard@wanadoo.fr
French University Group for Medical Compression, Saints Peres University, Paris, France.
Jean-Patrick Benigni
French University Group for Medical Compression, Saints Peres University, Paris, France.
Jean-François Uhl
French University Group for Medical Compression, Saints Peres University, Paris, France.
Based on previous experimental work with medical compression stockings it is proposed to restrict the term stiffness to measurements on the human leg and rather to speak about resistance when it comes to characterize the elastic property of compression hosiery in the textile laboratory.

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Terminology: resistance or stiffness for medical compression stockings?. (2013). Veins and Lymphatics, 2(1), e4. https://doi.org/10.4081/vl.2013.e4

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