title: Comparing the effectiveness of elastic bandages and shrinker socks for lower extremity amputees.
abstract: Twelve patients with below-knee amputations were assigned one of two methods for wrapping the residual limb: elastic bandaging and elastic shrinker socks. The limbs were measured over a period of four weeks to compare volumetric change. The results indicate the elastic shrinker sock to be more effective in decreasing residual limb volume.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D001458:Bandages; D002648:Child; D004487:Edema / Q000628:therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged