tapered they may be u2014 where the elastic bandage is applied and it should preferably exceed 1 8 more preferably exceed 1 9 and most preferably exceed 2 0 how close the quantity 2 is to a constant 6 when the elongation is between 7 and 8 determines the precision of the pressure applied by the bandage and preferably 2 varies less than 30 percent from 6 in the interval more preferably less than 20 percent and most preferably less than 10 percent the behaviour 4 5 outside of the interval determined by 7 and 8 is of less interest fig2 shows experimentally determined values of the quantity in fig1 for the commercially available dauerbinde k 9 produced by lohmann amp rauscher refit band xx light 10 made from natural latex rubber and sold by mediband ab nacka sweden synthetic rubber threads 2l39 11 produced by fulflex elastomeric worldwide usa and superelastic 13 of 10 cm width sold by invivo trade ab angelhom sweden under the brand masita sports medical as 12 an elastic bandage corresponding to the present invention is illustrated the textile material of the elastic bandage 12 in this case comprises synthetic rubber threads 2l39 notably only items 9 12 and.