Compression therapy is an extremely effective treatment modality, the efficacy of which is frequently underestimated or neglected. There are important areas in medicine in which compression therapy (CT) could be beneficial to patients but is not used because of lack of knowledge of the prescribers. There are countries in which CT has no tradition and is unknown to patients who could profit from it. Only few medical indications for CT are endorsed by evidence based medicine.At the present time it is extremely difficult to convince the vast group of medical people who are not specifically interested or lack knowledge about the merits of good compression, because the arguments in favour of CT are weak, and our standards are vague or non-existent. In addition, patients are often unaware of CT or do not experience the benefits due to poor compliance.As long as we are unable to give the right dosage for the individual patient and as long as we do not agree how this should be measured, then CT will remain an obscure treatment modality, underestimated and underreported.
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Goals:
Although the ICC does not have any regulatory power, proposals elaborated by joint working groups of experts from the medical field and the industry will hopefully be able to provide a valuable basis for further improvements of internationally accepted regulations and guidelines. Working groups consisting of medical experts and representatives of the industry are invited to cooperate in the following activities:
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Interface pressure and stiffness measurement in vivo |
H.PARTSCH, M.CLARK |
Jan 27-29, 2005, Vienna | Dermatol Surg, 2006;32:224-33 |
Education and publicity | JP.BENIGNI | June 3, 2005, Maastricht | Phlébologie 2006;59:179-86 |
Guidelines for testing compression material | E.RABE | Sept 17, 2005, Cologne | EJVES 2008 ;35 :494-500 |
Classification of compression bandages | H.PARTSCH, M.CLARK | Oct 4, 2006, Rostock | Dermatol Surg 2008;34:600-09 |
Indications for compression therapy | H.PARTSCH, A.CORNU-THENARD |
May 19, 2007, Vienna Nov 24, 2007, Paris |
Int Angiol 2008;27:193-219 |
Effects of compression therapy, experimental proof | H.PARTSCH, G.MOSTI | Sept 13, 2008, Lucca | In preparation |