Abstract: The articular bandage of elastic bandaging material renders possible a selective transversal friction massage for the speedier rehabilitation of the joint functions of injured joints, such as knee joints, ankle joints, elbow joints, shoulder joints and wrists and, in an applied state, has a pad acting upon the joint which is constructed in the form of a pressure pad (20) which possesses a configuration determined by the bony prominences and tendon attachments of the joint and is constructed in the form of a shaped member from a soft-elastic material, in which at least one friction core of a hard or incompressible material is disposed and is fixed in its position in the material of the shaped member (21 FIG. 1).

Abstract: Apart from an intermittent massage on the soft tissue surrounding the medial and lateral malleolus, the ankle joint bandage renders possible a deep-acting transverse friction on the attachment of the Achilles tendon; it consists of an anatomically configured tubular body (11) which is provided with a lower section (16) forming an outsole (16a) and which, in the applied state, embraces half the foot and extends to the calf, while, within the area of the outsole (16a), half a heel (18) is knitted in and which is provided with two anatomically asymmetrically constructed pressure pads (20) located above the paraachillory soft tissue and which, at the medial and at the lateral malleolus, cover the region above Bisgaard's link, each pressure pad being constructed in the form of a shaped member (21) having a lateral rounded-off indentation (27) for accommodating the bony prominence of the ankle, which consists of a soft or soft-elastic material, in which, within the shaped member (21), a rod-shaped friction core (30