Compression Textiles for Medical, Sports, and Allied Applications

Compression Textiles for Medical, Sports, and Allied Applications provides an overview of compression devices and products. It includes testing methods to measure properties of materials, design considerations based on dynamic body measurements and a model for predicting pressure and challenges in application.

Nimesh Kankariya serves as Director for Textiles and Materials Research Limited, New Zealand (TexMat Research). Much of his recent research focuses on smart textiles, including compression textiles and emerging technologies. He has been involved in several industrial-based research projects. Nimesh's doctoral thesis "Textiles and Compression of the Lower Limb" is on the Sciences Divisional list of Exceptional Doctoral Theses, University of Otago, New Zealand. René M. Rossi has worked at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, for more than 25 years in the field of the interactions between materials and the human skin. He studied physics and obtained his PhD at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Since 2003, Prof. Rossi has been leading the Laboratory for Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles at Empa, a group of around 40 researchers developing novel smart fibers, textiles, and membranes for body monitoring, drug delivery, and tissue engineering applications. He is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich and Invited Professor at the University of Haute-Alsace in Mulhouse, France.

Chapter 1 Overview of Compression Therapy Nimesh Kankariya Chapter 2 Materials and Structure of Compression Bandages and Stocking Devices Rabisankar Chattopadhyay Chapter 3 Mechanical Properties of Compression Garments Wan Syazehan Ruznan, Mohd Khairi Mohd Yusoh, Fazieyana Mohd Tohid, and Nur Ain Yusof Chapter 4 A Model for Compression Textile Design Based on Dynamic Female Lower Body Measurements Linsey Griffin, Alison Cloet, and Elizabeth Bye Chapter 5 Compression Clothing and Body Deformations Through High-speed 4D Scanning Tatjana Spahiu and Yordan Kyosev Chapter 6 Materials and Design of Pneumatic Compression Devices Nimesh Kankariya Chapter 7 Thermal Comfort of Compression Textiles René M. Rossi Chapter 8 Models and Simulations to Predict the Pressure on the Lower Limb Generated by Compression Devices Nimesh Kankariya Chapter 9 Pressure Sensors to Measure Interface-Pressure Martin Camenzind, Rolf Stämpfli, René M. Rossi Chapter 10 Applications in Medical, Sports, and Athletes Yongrong Wang Chapter 11 Efficacy of Compression Garments in Medical and Sports Applications Kristina Brubacher Chapter 12 Applications of Textile-Based Compression for Human Spaceflight and Extraterrestrial Surface Exploration Braid A. MacRae, Jonathan Clarke, Abby Rudakov, James Waldie