THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Authors of this Paper

External Links

Lihuan Zhao

,

Jie Yu

,

Siyu Zhang

,

Cuiyu Li

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIOMECHANICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF GARMENT PRESSURE IN PRESSURE THERAPY FOR BURN PATIENTS

ABSTRACT
Compression garments produce a pressure to suppress and flatten hypertrophic scars caused by serious burns, and its value plays a critical role in the treatment. In this study, a 3-D biomechanical mathematical model is established to study numerically the pressure distribution over the arm given by a compression sleeve. The actual geometry of a female arm is used in our study, which is obtained from a 3-D reconstruction of computer X-ray tomography images. The arm model consists of bones and soft tissues, and the sleeve is described by an orthotropic shell model. The finite element method is adopted to predict the pres-sure distribution, which is then experimentally verified in a good agreement, providing a good understanding of the mechanism of pressure action on hypertrophic scars, and enhancing the medical function of a compression garment. The present method offers also a new approach to optimal design of compression garments with real constraints.
KEYWORDS
computer X-ray tomography medical image, numerical simulation, pressure distribution, compression sleeves, hypertrophic scars
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2019-05-05
PAPER REVISED: 2019-11-01
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2019-11-02
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2020-06-21
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI2004357Z
CITATION EXPORT: view in browser or download as text file
THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2020, VOLUME 24, ISSUE Issue 4, PAGES [2357 - 2365]
REFERENCES
  1. Gauglitz, G. G., et al., Hypertrophic Scarring and Keloids: Pathomechanisms and Current and Emerging Treatment Strategies, Molecular Medicine, 17 (2011), 1-2, pp. 113-125
  2. Li, P., et al., The Recovery of Post-Burn Hypertrophic Scar in a Monitored Pressure Therapy Interven-tion Programme and the Timing of Intervention, Burns, 44 (2018), 6, pp. 1451-1467
  3. Bera, M., et al., Influence of Linear Density of Elastic Inlay Yarn on Pressure Generation on Human Body, Journal of Industrial Textiles, 46 (2016), 4, pp. 1053-1066
  4. Makabe, H., et al., A Study of Clothing Pressure Developed by the Girdle, Journal of the Japan Re-search Association for Textile End-uses, 32 (1991), 9, pp. 424-438
  5. Gaied, I., et al., Experimental Assessment and Analytical 2D Predictions of the Stocking Pressures In-duced on a Model Leg by Medical Compressive Stockings, Journal of Biomechanics, 39 (2006), 16, pp. 3017-3025
  6. MacIntyre, L., New Calibration Method for I-scan Sensors to Enable the Precise Measurement of Pres-sures Delivered by ‘Pressure Garments', Burns, 37 (2011), 7, pp. 1174-1181
  7. Rong, Liu., et al., Effects of Material Properties and Fabric Structure Characteristics of Graduated Com-pression Stockings (GCS) on the Skin Pressure Distributions, Fibers and Polymers, 6 (2005), 4, pp. 322-331
  8. Maklewska, E., et al., Modelling and Designing of Knitted Products Used in Compressive Therapy, Fi-bers & Textiles in Eastern Europe, 14 (2006), 5, pp. 111-113
  9. Wong, A. S., et al., Influence of Fabric Mechanical Property on Clothing Dynamic Pressure Distribution and Pressure Comfort on Tight-Fit Sportswear, Sen'i Gakkaishi, 60 (2004), 10, pp. 293-299
  10. Luo, X. N., Luo, H. M., A Computing Model of Pressure Distribution from Tight Underwear, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 195 (2006), 1-2, pp. 106-112
  11. Tarrier, J., et al., Applying Finite Element Analysis to Compression Garment Development, Procedia Engineering, 2 (2010), 2, pp. 3349-3354
  12. Dan, R., et al., Numerical Simulation of the Relationship Between Pressure and Displacement for the Top Part of Men's Socks, Textile Research Journal, 81 (2011), 2, pp. 128-136
  13. Yu, A., et al., Numerical Simulation of Pressure Therapy Glove by using Finite Element Method, Burns, 42 (2016), 1, pp. 141-151
  14. Rohan, P. Y., et al., Prediction of the Biomechanical Effects of Compression Therapy on Deep Veins Using Finite Element Modelling, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 43 (2015), 2, pp. 314-324
  15. Ain, Q. T., He, J. H. On Two-Scale Dimension and Its Applications, Thermal Science, 23 (2019), 3B, pp. 1707-1712
  16. He, J. H., Ji, F. Y., Two-Scale Mathematics and Fractional Calculus for Thermodynamics, Thermal Sci-ence, 23 (2019), 4, pp. 2131-2133
  17. He, J. H., et al., A New Fractional Derivative and Its Application to Explanation of Polar Bear Hairs, Journal of King Saud Universe Science, 28 (2016), 2, pp. 190-192
  18. He, J. H., Li, Z. B., A Fractional Model for Dye Removal, Journal of King Saud Universe Science, 28 (2016), 1, pp. 14-16
  19. Liu, H. Y., et al., Fractional Calculus for Nanoscale Flow and Heat Transfer, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 24 (2014), 6, pp. 1227-1250
  20. Liu, H. Y., et al., A Fractional Nonlinear System for Release Oscillation of Silver Ions from Hollow Fi-bers, Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control, 38 (2019), 1, pp. 88-92
  21. Wang, Q. L., et al., Fractal Calculus and Its Application to Explanation of Biomechanism of Polar Bear Hairs, Fractals, 26 (2018), 6, 1850086
  22. Wang, Q. L., et al. Fractal Calculus and Its Application to Explanation of Biomechanism of Polar Bear Hairs, (vol 26, 1850086, 2018), Fractals, 27 (2019), 5, ID 1992001
  23. He, J. H., A Simple Approach to One-Dimensional Convection-Diffusion Equation and Its Fractional Modification for E Reaction Arising in Rotating Disk Electrodes, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemis-try, 854 (2019), ID 113565
  24. He, J. H., Variational Principle for the Generalized KdV-Burgers Equation with Fractal Derivatives for Shallow Water Waves, J. Appl. Comput. Mech., 6 (2020), 4, pp. 735-740
PDF VERSION [DOWNLOAD]
A three-dimensional biomechanical model for prediction of garment pressure in pressure therapy for burn patients

© 2024 Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia. Published by the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International licence