Assortment and Manufacturing Methods of Stump Socks

Abstract

Today, there is a wide range of reasons for a limb amputation: traffic accidents, industrial and home injuries, congenital anomalies and malignant tumours, burns, diabetes, etc. During the war, it is gunshot wounds, as a result of which a limb amputation is the only decision to save the patient's life and prevent further development of the disease. In the period of martial law, the issue of preserving the health of military personnel is extremely relevant as one of the factors of increasing the combat capability of the troops. Prosthetic technologies allow amputees to continue their lifestyle and maintain social status despite the loss of a limb. However, between amputation and prosthetics, there is a rehabilitation process. Swelling is an urgent problem during this period. Compression therapy with an elastic bandage, which creates pressure on the stump is the method for its prevention. At the same time, the purpose of this therapy is to correct stump formation, to repair the scars, and to reduce phantom pain. That is why, compression covers are used after the treatment of an open wound. The quality of such a product depends on its conformity to the shape and size of a particular patient's limb and the distribution of pressure created by the product along the limb. Solving the issue of designing rehabilitation products for people with an amputated limb will contribute to the introduction of technologies aimed at the rehabilitation and recovery of the health of citizens of working age in the textile industry of Ukraine.