Open AccessDesigning the functional garments for people with physical disabilities or kyphosis by using computer simulation techniques
Author(s) -
Andreja Rudolf,
Zoran Stjepanovič,
Andrej Cupar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industria textilă
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1222-5347
DOI - 10.35530/it.070.02.1592
Subject(s) - wheelchair , kyphosis , physical medicine and rehabilitation , engineering , population , sitting , physical therapy , computer science , psychology , applied psychology , medicine , world wide web , radiography , pathology , radiology , environmental health
The two-fold purpose of this study is to document the current challenges of the 3D scanning and computer simulationtechniques in developing functional garments for people with physical disabilities or postural disorder kyphosis. The firstpart of the study investigates the health problems of the wheelchair users and presents the possibilities of developingfunctional pants from the perspective of protection and health needs. The second part of the study investigates theusefulness 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 sufferingfrom 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 obtainedresearch results regarding the functional pants for wheelchair users and the well-fitted bodice for a kyphosis body arevaluable also for a wider population of those who are forced to a sitting posture during a day and are confronted withsimilar health problems as paraplegics or are affected by the kyphosis.