Dependent seniors garment design

17th World Textile Conference AUTEX 2017 - Shaping the Future of Textiles

Caldas, A.L.^1 ; Carvalho, M.A.^1 ; Lopes, H.P.^2

University of Minho, School of Engineering, Textile Engineering Department, Campus de Azurém, Guimaraes

4800-058, Portugal^1

University of Coimbra, Coimbra

3000-213, Portugal^2

关键词: Anthropometrics;    Assembling process;    Comfort level;    Functional properties;    Garment design;    Pattern designs;    Special needs;    Textile engineerings;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/254/17/172004/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/254/17/172004

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper is part of a PhD research in Textile Engineering at University of Minho and aims to establish an ergonomic pattern design methodology to be used in the construction of garments for elderly women, aged 65 and over, dependent of care. The research was developed with a close contact with four institutions involved in supporting this aged population, located in the cities of Guimaraes (Portugal) and Teresina (Brazil). These clothes should be adequate to their anthropometrics and their special needs, in accordance with important functional factors for the dependency of their caregiver, such as: care for the caregiver and comfort for the user. Questions regarding the functional properties of the materials, the pattern design process, trimmings and the assembling process of the garments are specially considered in the desired comfort levels, in order to provide an adequate handling by facilitating the dressing and undressing tasks, but also to assure the user the needed comfort in all its variables.