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This study evaluates physical properties of a innovative leg compression stocking compared to a standard compression stocking of the same compression strength in patients with chronic venous insufficiency clinical stadium C3 and above, according to the CEAP classification for chronic venous insufficiency.
The physical properties can be measured through a series of measurements. The hypothesis is that the innovative compression stocking, although changed in design to be more easily donned, will perform as good as the standard compression stocking.
In each participant the examinations will be conducted with both stockings. A computer generated list will allocate each participant to either one of the stockings, with which the examinations will be conducted first.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| SOCKNLEG | Experimental | Group of participant who will conduct the examinations first with the SOCKNLEG compression stockings. All examinations will be conducted in all participants and with both stockings one after the other. |
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| Sigvaris COTTON | Active Comparator | Group of participant who will conduct the examinations first with the Sigvaris COTTON compression stockings. All examinations will be conducted in all participants and with both stockings one after the other. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| SOCKNLEG | Device | Innovative multilayer leg compression stocking, compression strength CEN compression class II (European Compression Strength) with compression at the ankle of 23-32mmhg, product composition understocking (polyamide, cotton, spandex), overstocking (polyamide, spandex) In each participant all examinations will be performed with both study stockings, one after the other |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Static Stiffness Index (SSI) values of both stockings in mmHg measured at point cB1 on the leg | The SSI is a substraction of the Interface Pressures measured with a pressure probe on the leg of the study participant in standing and in supine position while wearing a compression stocking. The point cB1 is a thereby a standard measuring point at the distal insertion of the gastrocnemius muscle of the leg. | 1 day, during study visit |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Static Stiffness Index (SSI) values of both stocking in mmHg measured at point cC on the leg | Comparing the SSI at point cC of both stockings with each other and with the standard SSI values at point cB1. The point cC is a new measuring point at the largest circumference of the calf. | 1 day, during study visit |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Juerg Hafner, M.D. Prof. | Contact | +41442552533 | juerg.hafner@usz.ch | |
| Caroline S Buset, M.D. | Contact | +41442551111 | caroline.buset@usz.ch |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Juerg Hafner, M.D. Prof. | Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland | Recruiting | Zurich | CH-8091 | Switzerland |
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A computer generated list will allocate each participant to either one of the stockings, the innovative SOCKNLEG, or the standard Sigvaris COTTON stocking. In each participant the examinations will be conducted with both stockings.
The allocated group defines with which stocking the examinations will be conducted first.
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| Sigvaris COTTON | Device | Standard single leg compression stocking, compression strength CEN compression class II (European Compression Strength) with compression at the ankle of 23-32mmhg, product composition one stocking (polyamide, spandex, cotton) In each participant all examinations will be performed with both study stockings, one after the other |
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| Dynamic Stiffness Index (DSI) values of both stockings in mmHg |
The DSI is a substraction of the Interface Pressures measured at each point (cC and cB1) on the leg during wiping of the foot while wearing a compression stocking. Measuring instruments are again the pressure probes. |
| 1 day, during study visit |
| Venous ejection fraction (VEF) of both stockings in % | Non-invasive measurement of the venous filling volumes of the leg with a strain gauge plethysmography the Angioflow2 (Microlabitalia, Padua, Italy). | 1 day, during study visit |
| Interface Pressures at point cB on the leg in mmHg | The point cB is the point of the smallest circumference of the leg and is the standard measuring point for compression strength of a leg compression stocking. Measured with a pressure probe on the leg of the study participant under the compression stocking. | 1 day, during study visit |