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Table 4 Blood velocity in the femoral and popliteal vein with and without knee-length GCS

From: The impact of graduated compression stockings on calf-vein deformation and blood velocity in patients awaiting total knee arthroplasty

 

Uncompressed

Compressed

P-value

PV peak flow velocity (cm/sec)

9.5 ± 3.0

10.1 ± 3.5

0.227

PV mean flow velocity (cm/sec)

5.1 ± 2.0

5.3 ± 2.5

0.414

FSV peak flow velocity (cm/sec)

16.1 ± 3.9

16.6 ± 4.3

0.339

FSV mean flow velocity (cm/sec)

9.9 ± 3.7

10.7 ± 4.2

0.068

  1. Data are means ± SD
  2. PV popliteal vein, FSV superficial femoral vein
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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