Abstract

Frictional characteristics of textiles play a big role in skin comfort and health, and in the development of friction related skin injuries such as tissue deformation, skin damage, decubitus ulcers or pressure ulcers and friction blisters, especially in people with compromised skin conditions and/or immobility. All these skin injuries cause severe pain and can be life threatening. This review paper is focused on decubitus, and how friction from textiles contribute to both skin comfort, and in the formation or prevention of skin injuries such as decubitus. More than 2.5 million individuals develop decubitus annually that costs the US healthcare system $9.1-11.6 billion per year due to increased health care utilization. There’s been a significant amount of research on decubitus alone, unfortunately the role of textiles in formation and prevention of decubitus is yet understudied. This review provided an understanding of the importance of friction in textiles and skin, and factors influencing friction on respective surfaces. Along with demonstrating the mechanism of decubitus ulcer formation and some recent commendable work from textiles point of view, few critical research questions and suggestions for future work have also been provided.

摘要

纺织品的摩擦特性对皮肤舒适度和健康以及与摩擦相关的皮肤损伤的发展起着重要作用，例如组织变形、皮肤损伤、褥疮或压疮和摩擦水疱，尤其是在皮肤状况受损和/或不动。所有这些皮肤损伤都会引起剧烈疼痛，并可能危及生命。这篇评论论文的重点是褥疮，以及纺织品的摩擦如何促进皮肤舒适，以及如何形成或预防褥疮等皮肤损伤。由于医疗保健利用率的提高，每年有超过 250 万人患上褥疮，这使美国医疗保健系统每年花费 9.1-116 亿美元。仅对褥疮就进行了大量研究，不幸的是，纺织品在形成和预防褥疮方面的作用尚未得到充分研究。这篇综述提供了对纺织品和皮肤摩擦的重要性的理解，以及影响各自表面摩擦的因素。除了从纺织品的角度证明褥疮形成的机制和最近一些值得称赞的工作之外，还提供了一些关键的研究问题和对未来工作的建议。