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Graduated compression stockings for the leg are manufactured so as to exert the strongest pressure at the ankle, reducing proportionately up the leg (pressure at the calf is 60-70% of the ankle; pressure at mid-thigh, 60-70% of the calf). Similarly, graduated compression armsleeves are strongest at the wrist, with pressure reducing up the arm.
