Compression Textiles for Medical, Sports, and Allied Applications

Textile-based compression therapy is used in a range of applications, such as for athlete and sport recovery, enhanced proprioception, compression spacesuits, and in the management of chronic diseases. This book provides an overview of compression devices and products, testing methods to measure the properties of materials used in compression devices, and design considerations based on dynamic body measurements. It also includes a model for predicting pressure and details the challenges in applying compression for various applications.
Chapters in this book:
Discuss the science behind compression therapy
Delve into the materials used in compression devices and products and assesses their performance based on their properties and structure
Cover theoretical modeling to predict the pressure exerted by compression devices on the human body
Consider compression textile design based on dynamic body measurements
This book is aimed at professionals and researchers in textile engineering, materials engineering, biotechnology, and the development of textile-based compression devices and products, and at such medical practitioners as phlebologists.

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