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Brandy McKeown1, Suzie Ehmann2, Sandi Davis3

  • 1International Lymphedema and Wound Training Institute and the Lymphedema Center, USA.

Journal of Wound Care
|November 11, 2025
PubMed

Keywords:
Adjustable and decongestive wrapsBreast and trunk oedemaCompression garment classificationCompression therapyFocal pads and donning/doffing aidsInterface pressure and stiffnessNight-time and trunk garmentsSTRIDE frameworkTextile propertiesUpper-limb lymphoedema

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