Pressure generated from head garment with padding insert used for hypertrophic scar treatment

• Main Authors: Aiman, A.F., Salleh, Mohamed Najib, Ismail, K.A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/17671/; http://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.815.282
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Pressure garment is a standard non-surgical treatment for hypertrophic scar caused by burn injury. However, the main problem identified was the non-uniform pressure distribution due to the complexity of the contour at the facial area. Therefore, padding was developed to produce more efficient pressu...