Moisture Wicking Fabrics: A Comparative Assessment

What features of moisture wicking fabric make them particularly suitable for managing moisture associated skin disorders?

Alexis Harding addresses this topic in her poster, “Moisture Wicking Fabrics: A Comparative In-Vitro Assessment of the Performance Characteristics That Make Them Suitable For the Management and Prevention of Moisture Associated Skin Disorders (MASD)” at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Fall.

The researcher compared a moisture wicking fabric that contains silver to a non-silver moisture wicking fabric. The comparison was conducted via in vitro assessments, which includes vertical wicking, coefficient of friction, conformability, and absorbency, in order to investigate the physical properties that impact both fabrics’ performances.

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