Impact of moisture on the pressure delivering potential of pressure garments
- Submitting institution
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Heriot-Watt University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 10633397
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1097/BCR.0000000000000272
- Title of journal
- Journal of Burn Care and Research
- Article number
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- First page
- e365
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 1559-047X
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://doi.org/10.1097/BCR.0000000000000272
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This co-authored and peer-reviewed output was published in the Journal of Burn Care & Research, the official journal of the American Burn Association, with an international readership and impact factor of 1.538. This paper has been cited 3 times. Macintyre was lead author and supervisor of the primary research undertaken to produce this paper.
The research questions answered by this work, were: Is the ‘dose’ of pressure delivered by wearing pressure garments affected by sweating? And if so, how much? This is particularly pertinent to burn victims living in hot countries, like India, where burn injury is more common than in Europe or the USA. Hypertrophic scars leading to disability, and therefore pressure garment treatment, are a matter of life or death in many developing nations due to the impact of deformity/disability on ability to work in states without social security systems. The amount of pressure delivered is key to treatment efficacy but the impact of patient sweating on pressure treatment has never before been measured or reported in the literature. This laboratory-based project measured the pressure exerted by pressure garment samples when dry and in various states of saturation, thorough statistical analysis of results showed that garments should be designed to exert higher pressures for patients who are expected to be sweating when undergoing treatment.
This work built on Macintyre’s 20 years of research in pressure garments for the treatment of hypertrophic scarring, Dahale’s experience of life in India and an extensive review of pertinent literature. Macintyre also has direct experience of working with pressure garment companies and therapists delivering pressure treatment in hospital settings and therefore, the practical considerations associated with putting research into practice. The wish to address real-world problems and situations through research underpinned the motivation for this project
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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