ORIGINAL ARTICLES   

Acta Phlebologica 2002 August;3(2):65-8

Copyright © 2002 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

lingua: Inglese

Multilayer System

Brizzio O., Idiazabal G.

GIC Grupo Internacional de la Compresión (International Group of Compresión)

The mul­ti­lay­er band­age is a ­real ­system ­that ­works ­with lon­gi­tu­di­nal and trans­verse forc­es and is char­ac­ter­ized by ­high work­ing pres­sure, ­which devel­ops dur­ing the move­ment and tol­er­ates rest­ing pres­sure by ­prone posi­tion. Working and rest­ing pres­sure pro­duced by a ­short elon­ga­tion (30-40%) mul­ti­lay­er band­age was eval­u­at­ed on a ­patient ­with lym­phoe­de­ma in one of his ­legs who had not ­received any treat­ment. An ­increase in the rest­ing pres­sure was detect­ed by over­lap­ping ­each band­age ­layer. The work­ing pres­sure was ­increased, at ­expense of the max­i­mum work­ing pres­sure. A cor­rect place­ment of the band­ag­es ­with decreas­ing pres­sures ­from dis­tal to prox­i­mal was ver­i­fied. Finally, trans­mis­sion forc­es, ­that con­fer the ­system’s con­cept, ­were stud­ied.