%0 Journal Article
	%A Jawad Al Khaburi and  Abbas A. Dehghani-Sanij and  E. Andrea Nelson and  Jerry Hutchinson
	%D 2011
	%J International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 54, 2011
	%T The Effect of Multi-Layer Bandage on the Interface Pressure Applied by Compression Bandages
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/11086
	%V 54
	%X Medical compression bandages are widely used in the
treatment of chronic venous disorder. In order to design effective
compression bandages, researchers have attempted to describe the
interface pressure applied by multi-layer bandages using mathematical
models. This paper reports on the work carried out to
compare and validate the mathematical models used to describe the
interface pressure applied by multi-layer bandages. Both analytical
and experimental results showed that using simple multiplication
of a number of bandage layers with the pressure applied by one
layer of bandage or ignoring the increase in the limb radius due to
former layers of bandage will result in overestimating the pressure.
Experimental results showed that the mathematical models, which
take into consideration the increase in the limb radius due to former
bandage layers, are more accurate than the one which does not.
	%P 1169 - 1174