| Key Strategies identified and frequency in literature (some literature included more than one strategy) | Sources of evidence |
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Compression therapy | ||
 Total no. of strategies = 3 Included in 24 pieces of literature | Compression bandaging 11 [2, 16, 19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26] Compression hosiery/wrap devices 10 [20, 27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35] | Randomised controlled trial 2 [31, 36] Prospective cohort study 1 [30] Pilot randomised controlled trial 1 [35] Scoping review 1 [16] Case study 7 [19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 37] Foundational sourcesa12 [2, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32,33,34, 38,39,40] |
Off-loading | ||
 Total no. of strategies = 7 Included in 13 pieces of literature | Total contact cast 5 [2, 41,42,43,44] Knee high walking cast/boot 4 [28, 45,46,47] | Retrospective cohort study 1 [41] |
Compression therapy and off-loading in combination | ||
 Total no of strategies = 3 Included in 3 pieces of literature | Ankle high boot + compression bandaging 1 [27] Back slab cast + compression bandaging 1 [49] General off-loading + compression bandaging 1 [25] | Foundational sourcesa1 [25] |
Supplementary strategies | ||
 Total no. of strategies = 16 Included in 20 pieces of literature | Integrated working 5 [20, 25, 52,53,54] Patient specific care plans 2 [54, 55] Wound/limb triage tools 2 [56, 57] (Other strategies 13) [1, 2, 19, 20, 25, 27, 42, 45, 49, 58,59,60,61,62] | National guidance documents2 [52, 53] Observational study1 [59] [[59]] Case study 5 [19, 27, 42, 49, 62] Foundational sourcesa12 [1, 2, 20, 25, 45, 54,55,56,57,58, 60, 61] |