French bodies publish in-depth study into ceramics in textiles
18/02/2016
The background to the study is that in 2012 France’s National Agency for Drug and Medical Device Safety (ANSM) condemned a number of companies for making claims without scientific proof that clothing containing ceramic composites such as mineral oxides can improve physical and athletic performance.
It fell to the Université Savoie Mont-Blanc’s physiology and exercise laboratory (LPE) to conduct the research, which involved a total of 132 hours of testing on 22 test subjects.
Tests were conducted in warm and cold temperatures, during exercise and rest, using two types of ceramic-lined garments and two without any ceramics materials. The tests were double blind (meaning neither the test subjects nor researchers knew which garments were which).
Questions the tests sought to answer centred on ceramic-enabled apparel’s ability to modify skin temperature and improve comfort, its ability to optimise muscle and skin circulation and its capacity for improving muscle oxygenation and athletic performance.
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