Design of Compression Garments for Athletes
Project no. 771 · Status: Kapanmış · 2016
Summary
Sport activities are an indispensable element of daily life and are transformed into rituals that are part of our basic lifestyle. Due to the competitive environment created by the sport, maximizing the performance and minimizing the health risks has become the main research areas of sport science regardless of being amateur or professional. Physical, physiological or psychological developments in sports have been followed with great interest in recent years. Compression products with potential for sporting success are also involved in this development process. The abilities of the compression products in the medical field have attracted the attention of sports community, the use of these products in the field of sports has begun to be examined. In this study, fabric structures which can be used in compression garments to perform the task of supporting muscles during sports were examined. The target region was chosen as the wrist-knee, which has the most intensive activity when doing sports and is one of the most frequently studied areas in the field of compression products. The fabric structures of the study were analyzed in detail in terms of pressure properties, water vapor permeability, air permeability and thermal resistance.