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Occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings
To analyze the use of compression stockings to avoid the formation of occupational edema of the lower limbs in jobs with prolonged orthostatism. We carried out a review of the articles published in PubMed, from the 1st of January 2008 to 31st of December 2018 using the term “Occupational Leg Swellin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7710214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33283063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000093 |
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author | Guedes, Pedro M. Saldanha, Nuno A. Matos, Pedro M. Carvalho, Francisco S. Veiga, Graça Norton, Pedro |
author_facet | Guedes, Pedro M. Saldanha, Nuno A. Matos, Pedro M. Carvalho, Francisco S. Veiga, Graça Norton, Pedro |
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description | To analyze the use of compression stockings to avoid the formation of occupational edema of the lower limbs in jobs with prolonged orthostatism. We carried out a review of the articles published in PubMed, from the 1st of January 2008 to 31st of December 2018 using the term “Occupational Leg Swelling”. Only articles that met the following criteria were selected: prospective, observational and experimental retrospectives articles written in Portuguese or English. The research resulted in 23 articles. After reading the titles and abstracts and applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 5 were selected. Prolonged orthostatism is considered a risk factor for the development of chronic venous disease. The use of compression stockings reduces the occupational edema of the lower limbs. Professionals exposed to prolonged orthostatism during their work activity have a higher risk of developing lower limb edema; Despite few studies demonstrated the effectiveness of wearing compression stockings to prevent occupational edema of the lower limbs, they have showed benefit in reducing edema as well as associated symptoms. The use of compression stockings should therefore be recommended to all professionals at increased risk for occupational edema of the lower limbs. |
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spelling | pubmed-77102142020-12-03 Occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings Guedes, Pedro M. Saldanha, Nuno A. Matos, Pedro M. Carvalho, Francisco S. Veiga, Graça Norton, Pedro Porto Biomed J Review Article To analyze the use of compression stockings to avoid the formation of occupational edema of the lower limbs in jobs with prolonged orthostatism. We carried out a review of the articles published in PubMed, from the 1st of January 2008 to 31st of December 2018 using the term “Occupational Leg Swelling”. Only articles that met the following criteria were selected: prospective, observational and experimental retrospectives articles written in Portuguese or English. The research resulted in 23 articles. After reading the titles and abstracts and applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 5 were selected. Prolonged orthostatism is considered a risk factor for the development of chronic venous disease. The use of compression stockings reduces the occupational edema of the lower limbs. Professionals exposed to prolonged orthostatism during their work activity have a higher risk of developing lower limb edema; Despite few studies demonstrated the effectiveness of wearing compression stockings to prevent occupational edema of the lower limbs, they have showed benefit in reducing edema as well as associated symptoms. The use of compression stockings should therefore be recommended to all professionals at increased risk for occupational edema of the lower limbs. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7710214/ /pubmed/33283063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000093 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of PBJ-Associação Porto Biomedical/Porto Biomedical Society. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
spellingShingle | Review Article Guedes, Pedro M. Saldanha, Nuno A. Matos, Pedro M. Carvalho, Francisco S. Veiga, Graça Norton, Pedro Occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings |
title | Occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings |
title_full | Occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings |
title_fullStr | Occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings |
title_full_unstemmed | Occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings |
title_short | Occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings |
title_sort | occupational leg edema—use of compression stockings |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7710214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33283063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000093 |
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