compression therapy

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Evaluating The Use Of Capsaicin-Impregnated Compression Socks

01/10/2020

Jodi Schoenhaus DPM

Clinicians have utilized compression therapy for decades to ensure a one-way flow of the circulatory system in order to counteract the negative outcomes of edema. Clinicians are familiar with venous insufficiency, lymphatic dysfunction and...

Clinicians have utilized...

01/10/2020

Podiatry Today

How-To Demonstration

Removal of a Two-Layer Cohesive Compression Wrap

04/03/2019

To wrap up the two-layer cohesive compression wrap demonstration series, Dr. Ehmann shows us how to remove the two-layer cohesive compression wrap. Don't Forget to Check Out the Application Process: Part 1: Toe Wrap...

To wrap up the two-layer...

04/03/2019

Wounds

How-To Demonstration

Above-the-Knee Application of a Two-Layer Cohesive Compression Wrap

04/03/2019

  In part 3 of the two-layer cohesive compression wrap application series, Dr. Ehmann demonstrates how to apply an above-the-knee two-layer cohesive compression wrap. CHECK OUT THE REST OF THE SERIES Part 1: Toe...

  In part 3 of the...

04/03/2019

Wounds

Compression Therapy

Compression Therapy After Invasive Venous Treatment: Recent Guidelines & Current Clinical Practice

03/11/2019

Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD

Managing patients with chronic venous disease (CVD) remains one of the most challenging tasks for a health care professional. This condition presents with multiple manifestations with various degrees of severity. If untreated, CVD tends to...

Managing patients with chronic...

03/11/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

How-To Demonstration

Below-the-Knee Application of a Two-Layer Cohesive Compression Wrap

01/08/2019

In part 2 of the two-layer cohesive compression wrap application series, Dr. Ehmann demonstrates how to apply the lower leg portion of the two-layer cohesive wrap. Don't Miss Out on the Full Series: Part 1: Toe Wrap Part...

In part 2 of the two-layer...

01/08/2019

Wounds

Original Research

Key Cell Functions are Modulated by Compression in an Animal Model of Hypertrophic Scar

12/01/2018

Abdulnaser Alkhalil

Bonnie C. Carney

Taryn E. Travis

Seid Muhie

Stacy-Ann Miller

Jessica C. Ramella-Roman

Pejhman Ghassemi

Rasha Hammamieh

Marti Jett

Lauren T. Moffatt

Jeffrey W. Shupp

This study assesses the genome-wide compression effects on scars under well-controlled conditions.

This study assesses the...

12/01/2018

Wounds

How-To Demonstration

Applying a Toe Wrap of a Two-Layer Cohesive Compression

11/27/2018

In Part 1 of this 4-part how-to video series on the application and removal of a two-layer cohesive compression wrap, Dr. Suzie Ehmann demonstrates how to apply a toe wrap as the first part in applying two-layer cohesive compression and...

In Part 1 of this 4-part how-to...

11/27/2018

Wounds

Case Series

The Use of an Absorbable Polyvinyl/Polymeric Silver Dressing in the Treatment of Venous Ulcers: A Pilot Study

10/10/2018

BACKGROUND: The treatment of chronic venous ulcers continues to be a challenge. Appropriate compression therapy is the gold standard for these problems but managing the multiple issues with the wound bed remains a treatment challenge. A new...

BACKGROUND: The treatment of...

10/10/2018

Wounds

Rapid Communication

Venous Ulcers Treated With a Hyaluronic Acid Extracellular Matrix and Compression Therapy: Interim Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

07/26/2017

Oscar M. Alvarez

Lee Makowitz

Mayank Patel

This is an interim analysis of a prospective, parallel, randomized, single-center study involving 16 subjects in an outpatient wound care center setting, and the objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a...

This is an interim analysis of a...

07/26/2017

Wounds