Factors influencing the effectiveness of compression garments used in sports

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 2823-2829

  Troynikov, O ^a   Ashayeri, E ^a   Burton, M ^a   Subic, A ^a   Alam, F ^a   Marteau, S ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Inst Francais de Mecan Avancee   (France)

Author keywords

Compression garments; Directional orientation of fabrics to stretch; Knitted fabrics; Laplace law; Pressure mapping

Indexed keywords

KNIT FABRICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

APPLIED PRESSURE; CYLINDRICAL BODIES; DIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION; KNITTED FABRIC; LAPLACE LAW; PRESSURE MAPPING;

SPORTS;

EID: 78149319088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.04.073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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