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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Distribution of Clothing Pressure in Support Knee-High Socks and Its Evaluation
Authors : Tamaki Mitsuno, Aya Yamagishi, Mayuko Takenaka
Published in: Advances in Design for Inclusion
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
The relationship between clothing pressure and the evaluation of tightness of the lower leg and foot was examined. Participants were nine young Japanese women in their twenties. Clothing pressures were measured adopting a hydrostatic-pressure balanced method as participants wore three SKSs while standing. The pressure feeling was evaluated employing a ratio scale. The order of the average clothing pressure was sample A > sample B > sample C. However, the feeling of pressure was not in the same order (B > A > C). Our results show that the feeling of tightness depends on the position on the body, and the distribution of clothing pressure is thus important in the development of SKSs. A preferred SKS provides higher pressure for the foot than for the calf/ankle.