1st Edition
Compression Textiles for Medical, Sports, and Allied Applications
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
Biography
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.
