Terminology: resistance or stiffness for medical compression stockings?


Submitted: 2 November 2012
Accepted: 18 February 2013
Published: 4 April 2013
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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.

Cornu-Thenard, A., Benigni, J.-P., & Uhl, J.-F. (2013). Terminology: resistance or stiffness for medical compression stockings?. Veins and Lymphatics, 2(1), e4. https://doi.org/10.4081/vl.2013.e4

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