Can Pillow Height Effect the Body Pressure Distribution and Sleep Comfort: a Study of Quinquagenarian Women

3rd International Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engineering

Li, Xinzhu^1 ; Hu, Huimin^2 ; Liao, Su^1

Sport Science College, Beijing Sport University, No. 48 Information Road, Haidian District, Beijing

100084, China^1

Ergonomics Laboratory, China National Institute of Standardization, No.4 Zhi Chun Road, Haidian District, Beijing

100191, China^2

关键词: Body pressure;    Body pressure distribution;    Contact areas;    Contact pressures;    Height effect;    Neck muscles;    Subjective comfort;    Supine position;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/128/1/012128/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/128/1/012128

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

A proper sleeping pillow can relax the neck muscles during sleep, yet does not impose stress on the spine or other tissues. By analyzing the different body pressure and subjective comfort evaluation of quinquagenarian women with different pillow heights (3cm, 7cm, 11cm and 15cm), this paper found that as the pillow height increased, the neck contact pressure, contact area and force increased at the same time, as well as the peak force and peak contact pressure gradually shifted from the head to the hip area. It was shown that the pillow with a height of 7cm was the most comfortable for supine positions.