No.7（2012）16.Development of an ambulation dummy for evaluation of clothing pressure (Part 2) -Development of an ambulation device

Hiroko Sugatani, Kenji Iwasaki

  In clothing design, even though evaluations that consider various operations is very important, no equipment was available to evaluate clothing pressure while walking. In particular, compression clothing for sport which is advertised as “clothing pressure”.
  The second report shoes the development of an ambulation device using the soft dummy. During development, walking gait characteristics, including walking speed, stride length, and knee joints locus will be used to replicate human locomotion.
  As a result, the ambulation dummy can be used to measure clothing pressure. There is a difference in the measured value level, but it is similar to the changes in the measured value.
  We recommend the method as a standard device for evaluation of clothing pressure.

Keywords
Clothing pressure, Walking, Ambulation device, Ambulation soft dummy

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