TY - JOUR
T1 - Stratified Body Shape-driven Sizing System via Three-dimensional Digital Anthropometry for Compression Textiles of Lower Extremities
AU - Liu, Rong
AU - Guo, Xia
AU - Peng, Qiujin
AU - Zhang, Le
AU - Lao, Terence T.
AU - Little, Trevor
AU - Liu, Jundong
AU - Chan, Eric
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Poor fit has become one of reasons for high non-compliance in the use of garments made of compression textiles in venous deficiency treatments. A novel methodology to categorize lower body shapes and sizes has been established via three-dimensional digital anthropometric technology in this study based on 208 Hong Kong subjects aged 40–60 years. Three new parameters were introduced to classify body shapes, namely the “A-angle” for assessing the “alignment” of lower extremities, the “cosine values of the key angle” at the turning point for below-knee shape determination, and “gradient” for above-knee shape categories. The mathematical simulation via the interpolation function was employed to explore the characteristics of shape variation trends with the involvement of dynamic interactions of both circumferences (Cir) and heights (Hei) of lower extremities. The clustering analysis quantitatively segmented the sample population into three stratified leg morphologies (i.e. diamond, inverted trapezoid, and balanced leg shapes) in terms of the determined anthropometric landmarks along the lower extremities, in which the Cir(s) of the brachial (cB1), calf (cC), and thigh (cF) exhibited most obvious differences among the clustered lower limbs. The created stratified shape-driven sizing system and methodologies further involved the body shape classifications into the Cir-based size categories to cater for diverse body morphologies in product size selection, thus improving dimensional fitness and accurate treatment using compression textiles in practice.
AB - Poor fit has become one of reasons for high non-compliance in the use of garments made of compression textiles in venous deficiency treatments. A novel methodology to categorize lower body shapes and sizes has been established via three-dimensional digital anthropometric technology in this study based on 208 Hong Kong subjects aged 40–60 years. Three new parameters were introduced to classify body shapes, namely the “A-angle” for assessing the “alignment” of lower extremities, the “cosine values of the key angle” at the turning point for below-knee shape determination, and “gradient” for above-knee shape categories. The mathematical simulation via the interpolation function was employed to explore the characteristics of shape variation trends with the involvement of dynamic interactions of both circumferences (Cir) and heights (Hei) of lower extremities. The clustering analysis quantitatively segmented the sample population into three stratified leg morphologies (i.e. diamond, inverted trapezoid, and balanced leg shapes) in terms of the determined anthropometric landmarks along the lower extremities, in which the Cir(s) of the brachial (cB1), calf (cC), and thigh (cF) exhibited most obvious differences among the clustered lower limbs. The created stratified shape-driven sizing system and methodologies further involved the body shape classifications into the Cir-based size categories to cater for diverse body morphologies in product size selection, thus improving dimensional fitness and accurate treatment using compression textiles in practice.
KW - anthropometry
KW - compression textiles
KW - lower extremity
KW - stratified body shape and size
KW - three-dimensional digital body scanning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045084386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0040517517715094
DO - 10.1177/0040517517715094
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0040-5175
JO - Textile Research Journal
JF - Textile Research Journal
ER -