Effect of elastic stockings and ankle positions on the blood velocity in the common femoral vein.
Kaori Toya, Tetsuya Takahashi, Yuta Fujimoto and 4 others
PMID 27799704WHAT IT FOUND
Elastic stockings did not change common femoral vein blood velocity in 10 healthy men.
Head-up position lowered velocity compared with supine or leg-up, with or without stockings.
Key findings
01Head-up velocity was lower than supine or leg-up velocity in both stocking conditions.
02Supine and leg-up velocity did not differ in either stocking condition.
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What it does not show
Only 10 young healthy male volunteers were studied. The study measured blood velocity, not deep vein thrombosis or clinical outcomes. The authors say the findings may not apply to older people or patients with venous incompetence.
Declared interests
All authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these results as proof that elastic stockings prevent deep vein thrombosis. The study measured blood velocity in 10 healthy men, not clot outcomes, and it found no effect of stockings.