Table 3.

Information identified for Compression therapy strategies and mapped against review objectives

	Intervention/strategy	Citation(s)	Recommended or contraindicated for use in the presence of the named conditions or complications identified from the review
			Table key: ✓ Recommended X Not recommended - Unsure / insufficient information
			Diabetic foot ulcer	Lower limb oedema	Both diabetic foot ulcer and lower limb oedema	Severe Peripheral arterial disease (ABPI < 0.5)	Moderate peripheral arterial disease ABPI (0.5 -0.8)	Peripheral neuropathy	Soft tissue infection including cellulitis	Osteomyelitis	Leg ulcer	Lymphorrhoea	Varicose veins
Compression therapy options or strategies for the management of lower limb oedema	Compression bandaging (in general)	Angirasa 2006, Calianno 2007 [19, 23].	✓	✓	✓	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	(Full)	Ho 2012, Burhan 2020, Glynn 2021, Atkin 2018, Bowering 1998, McIntosh 2009 [2, 16, 20, 22, 25, 27].	✓	✓	✓	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-
	(Reduced)	Ho 2012, Burhan 2020, Boulton 2016, Bowering 1998, Chadwick 2006, Probst 2020 [2, 16, 21, 22, 24, 26].	✓	✓	✓	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Compression hosiery	Edmonds 2008, Atkin 2018, Medi 2022, Rother 2020, Simms 2010 [20, 28–30, 34, 35].	✓	✓	✓	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Wu 2017 [31]	✓	✓	✓	X	-	-	X	X	X	X	-
		Lohmann & Raucher 2022 [40].	-	✓	-	X	X	X	-	-	-	X	-
	Wrap systems	Glynn 2021, Atkin 2018, Medi 2022 [20, 27, 33].	✓	✓	✓	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Lohmann & Raucher 2022 [32].	-	✓	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Pneumatic compression	Simms 2010, Armstrong 2000, Filip 2007 [34, 36, 37].	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	-
		NICE 2021 [38].	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Oped 2022 [39].	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-