The Effects of Compression Stockings on Pressure Parameters in Patients With Chronic Venous Insufficiency

The Effects of Compression Stockings on Pressure Parameters in Patients With Chronic Venous Insufficiency

The main objective of this study is to obtain data to determine, in each individual with and without wearing compression stockings of different strengths and during different postures, the relationship between interface pressure and the area and circumference of the great saphenous vein and posterior tibial veins in the calf and ankle.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The participant must have given his/her informed and signed consent
• The participant must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan

Inclusion criteria for patients in the venous insufficiency group:

• CEAP (Clinical-Etiology-Anatomy-Pathophysiology) Classification : C1S, C3 or C5

Inclusion criteria for healthy volunteers

• general good health
• subgroups including:
• sedentary volunteers (< 2hours of physical activity per week)
• active volunteers (between 2 and 6 hours of physical activity per week)
• athletic volunteers (over 6 hours of physical activity per week for at least 1 year)

Exclusion Criteria:

• The participant is participating in another study, except the "volumetric" counterpart to the present study
• The participant is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
• The participant is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
• The participant refuses to sign the consent
• It is impossible to correctly inform the participant
• The participant is pregnant, parturient, or breastfeeding
• Arterial vascular disease, heart, lymph, renal, hepatic, oncologic, metabolic or endocrine or any other condition that may cause or exaggerate edema

Exclusion criteria for healthy volunteers:

• Risk for abnormal bleeding (hemophilia, anticoagulation or antiplatelet)
• Taking diuretics or corticoids