Designing the functional garments for people with physical disabilities or kyphosis by using computer simulation techniques

The two-fold purpose of this study is to document the current challenges of the 3D scanning and computer simulation techniques in developing functional garments for people with physical disabilities or postural disorder kyphosis. The first part of the study investigates the health problems of the wh...

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Published inIndustria textilă (Bucharest, Romania : 1994) Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 182 - 191
Main Authors ANDREJA, RUDOLF, ZORAN, STJEPANOVIČ, ANDREJ, CUPAR
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bucharest The National Research & Development Institute for Textiles and Leather - INCDTP 01.01.2019
Subjects
Acceleration
Computer simulation
Curvature
Design
Garments
Health
International conferences
Mechanical engineering
Methods
Paralysis
Paraplegics
People with disabilities
Posture
Prototyping
Quality of life
Questionnaires
R&D
Research & development
Scanning
Scoliosis
Symmetry
Textile industry
Textile research
Textiles
Three dimensional bodies
Wheelchairs
Romania
Slovenia
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Summary:The two-fold purpose of this study is to document the current challenges of the 3D scanning and computer simulation techniques in developing functional garments for people with physical disabilities or postural disorder kyphosis. The first part of the study investigates the health problems of the wheelchair users and presents the possibilities of developing functional pants from the perspective of protection and health needs. The second part of the study investigates the usefulness of the newly developed methodology for elementary surfaces evaluation, named CASP (Curvature, Acceleration, Symmetry, Proportionality), in the process of designing the well-fitted bodice for wheelchair users suffering from the postural disorder kyphosis. The relationships between the health problems, human body postures, kyphosis, 3D scanning, CASP evaluation and treated garments were considered in the prototyping process. The obtained research results regarding the functional pants for wheelchair users and the well-fitted bodice for a kyphosis body are valuable also for a wider population of those who are forced to a sitting posture during a day and are confronted with similar health problems as paraplegics or are affected by the kyphosis.
ISSN:1222-5347
DOI:10.35530/IT.070.02.1592