Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

Outlast technology: A novel padding material for plaster cast application

Shaligram Purohit, Nandan Marathe, Akil Prabhakar, Amol Chavan

Abstract :

 

Background:

Plain cotton compressed into sheets is the most commonly used padding material.

Utility of a novel padding material using outlast technology was evaluated in this study.

Methods:

100 patients were divided into 2 groups. Routine padding material was used in 50 patients and outlast phase change material was used in the other 50. The two groups were then evaluated on various parameters related to patient comfort.

Results:

The outlast padding material performed significantly better than the routine padding material in all the measured parameters.

Conclusion:

A larger sample size, objective parameters and using patient as his own control (bilateral fractures) are needed to improve the quality of the study.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

Cite This Article:

OUTLAST TECHNOLOGY: A NOVEL PADDING MATERIAL FOR PLASTER CAST APPLICATION, Shaligram Purohit, Nandan Marathe, Akil Prabhakar, Amol Chavan INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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