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New measuring device for estimating the pressure under compression garments

Elzbieta Maklewska (Clothing Research Department, Institute of Knitting Techniques and Technologies TRICOTEXTIL, Łódź, Poland)
Andrzej Nawrocki (Clothing Research Department, Institute of Knitting Techniques and Technologies TRICOTEXTIL, Łódź, Poland)
Krzysztof Kowalski (Faculty of Textile Engineering and Marketing, Technical University of Łodź, Łódź, Poland)
Ewa Andrzejewska (Department of Paediatrics' Surgery and Oncology, Medical University of Łodź, Łódź, Poland)
Wojciech Kuzański (Department of Paediatrics' Surgery and Oncology, Medical University of Łodź, Łódź, Poland)

International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology

ISSN: 0955-6222

Article publication date: 22 May 2007

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to describe new measuring device designed for measuring the pressure exerted by textile products used in healing therapy of hypertrophic scars. The testing device called “Textilpress” has been used for verification of the usually used method of designing and manufacturing ready‐made compression garment products.

Design/methodology/approach

The pressure measurement, realized by use of the “Textilpress” device, is an indirect measuring method, which is based on the Laplace Law. The investigations described in this paper concern the pressure measuring under textile bands placed on the models representing selected parts of the human body with pre‐set circumferences. For this purpose, rigid cylinders were prepared, covered by a layer of neoprene which simulated the susceptibility of human skin.

Findings

The investigations described in this paper indicate that the “Textilpress” test‐device may be used for pressure measuring exerted by compression bands on the cylinder surface. In order to estimate the pressure exerted on a particular body part with the shape close to a cylinder, a measurement should be carried out on a cylinder with a circumference similar to that of the selected part of the human body.

Research limitations/implications

The “Textilpress” test‐device may be used by the manufacturers for measuring pressures exerted by compression bands (manufactured from knitted fabrics) on the cylinder surface of a pre‐set diameter. In order to estimate the pressure exerted on a particular body part with the shape close to a cylinder, a measurement should be carried out on a cylinder with a circumference similar to that of the selected part of the human body.

Originality/value

As hospitals do not possess appropriate measuring devices, which would enable one to measure the pressure on the scar exerted by the textile garment, the pressure efficiency and the appropriate fittings are estimated subjectively for the particular case. The “Textilpress” device enables monitoring such pressure.

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Citation

Maklewska, E., Nawrocki, A., Kowalski, K., Andrzejewska, E. and Kuzański, W. (2007), "New measuring device for estimating the pressure under compression garments", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 19 No. 3/4, pp. 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/09556220710741687

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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