Bandages classification

Table 1 shows the UK classification of compression bandages uid the level of pressure generated at the ankle by each bandage type. The Eurpean classification of compression hosiery with the range of pressures exerted around the ankle is shown in Table 2 (6). 

In both classification methods there are four classes in the long-stretch elastic bandages, with different elastic strength and different resting pressure, which is calculated at a known ankle circumference (23 cm) with bandaging overlapping of 50 per cent. 

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