When Young was a nurse, she and her colleagues regularly recommended Jobst compression socks, which range from $26 to $74, but Amazon has comparable picks for less than $20.

The researchers said that the Jobst compression socks used for the study have a compression value typical of many of the commercially available compression socks.

While the compression socks used in the study were provided free of charge by Jobst, Jobst had no further involvement in the study.