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A Study on Medical Textiles for Electrotherapy  

오경화 (중앙대학교 사범대학 가정교육학과)
김성훈 (한양대학교 공과대학 응용화학부)
박재현 (서울대학교 의과대학 의학과)
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Textile Science and Engineering / v.39, no.6, 2002 , pp. 757-765 More about this Journal
Abstract
Electroconductiye fabrics were prepared to improve the properties of conductive electrode pad material used for electrotherapy when it is subjected to various movement of human body. Highly stretchable and conductive fabrics were prepared by in-situ chemical polymerization of pyrrole on nylon/spandex stretch fabric. Electroless Cu plated polyester composites were also prepared and the effect of plasma pretreatment was investigated in order to improve adhesion between electroless plated Cu layer and polyester. Performance properties of prepared stretchable conductive fabric were evaluated in terms of conductivity changes as a function of tensile strain, repeated extension and continuous current application time and distance. The fabric conductivity was well maintained after 50 cycles of repeated extension and prolonged treatment time. And conductivity of prepared composites was well maintained over 12 cm distance. Furthermore, it was found that electrotherapy with prepared electrode pad could reduce contact allodynia and heat hypersensitivity. Therefore prepared electrode pad in this study can be practically useful for electrotherapy.
Keywords
pyrrole; electrotherapy; electrode; electroless copper plating; polymerization;
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