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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Innov Opt Health Sci. 2016 Sep 28;10(2):1650049. doi: 10.1142/S1793545816500498

Table 1.

Study subject details.

subject
number,
grade,
age
lymphedema
type/age of
onset
unilateral/bilateral previous LE
care
PCT program used in
study
PCT
garment(s)
used in study
1, II, 35 Primary/
congenital
(presented at
birth)
bilateral Compression
bandaging,
MLD
10 minutes trunk, 50
minutes cycling (gradient
pressure 45, 40, 35, 30
mmHg for 50 seconds per
cycle, ~60 cycles)
Windowed
pants (garment
1)
2, II, 48 Secondary to
gynecological
cancer treatment
(onset at age 40,
5 years after
hysterectomy)
unilateral Compression
bandaging,
MLD, some
PCT
10 minutes trunk, 45
minutes cycling (gradient
pressure 45, 40, 35, 30
mmHg for 50 seconds per
cycle) with clear leg
garment on affected, then
5 minutes with clear leg
garment on unaffected leg,
then 15 minutes with
windowed pants (both
legs)
One clear single
leg garment and
windowed pants
(garments 1 and
2)
3, I, 18 Primary/
praecox (onset
at age 15)
bilateral Compression
bandaging,
MLD
10 minutes trunk with
windowed pants, then 50
minutes with two clear leg
garments cycling (gradient
pressure 45, 40, 35, 30
mmHg for 50 seconds per
cycle)
Two clear
single leg
garments and
windowed pants
(garments 1 and
2)
4, II/III,
50
Primary/
praecox,
presenting with
lipolymphedema
(onset at age
~15)
bilateral Compression
bandaging,
MLD
10 minutes trunk, 50
minutes cycling (gradient
pressure 45, 40, 35, 30
mmHg for 50 seconds per
cycle, ~60 cycles)
Windowed
pants (garment
1)