Morecroft, R., Tomlinson, K. orcid.org/0000-0003-4691-5057, Lewis, R. orcid.org/0000-0002-4300-0540 et al. (1 more author) (2024) Friction between human skin and incontinence pads in the presence of barrier protection products. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 238 (6). pp. 644-654. ISSN 0954-4119
Abstract
This novel experimental work aims to bring further knowledge of frictional performance of common barrier products used in the treatment of incontinence-associated dermatitis and determine how the skin-pad interface changes when a treatment is applied to the skin. Key data is reported and there is an in-depth analysis into friction profiles which reveals great differences between how different skin-pad tribosystems operate when exposed to commercially available barrier treatments. In a wet-pad state Barrier cream A (3M™ Cavilon™ Barrier cream) reduced friction and had much lower dynamic and static coefficients of friction than the other barrier treatments (Barrier cream B (Sorbaderm Barrier cream) and the Barrier spray C (Sorbaderm Barrier spray)). Barrier cream A provided stable friction coefficients in reciprocating sliding, whereas the other treatments, and untreated skin, did not display this unique characteristic. The barrier spray gave rise to high static friction coefficients and exhibited the most stick-slip. All three candidate barrier protection products were found to reduce directional differences in the static coefficient of friction: indicative of reduced shear loading. Knowledge of the desirable frictional properties would drive innovation in product development, and benefit companies, clinicians and users.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © IMechE 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Friction; human skin; in vivo experiment; coefficient of friction; barrier treatments; incontinence; incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD); moisture-associated dermatitis (MASD) |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2023 10:26 |
Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2024 15:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/09544119231178477 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:200334 |