Physique differences and psychophysiological response under clothing pressure using waist belt
International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology
ISSN: 0955-6222
Article publication date: 31 May 2019
Issue publication date: 9 March 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the physique difference and psychophysiological response under clothing pressure by a waist belt.
Design/methodology/approach
The influences of clothing pressure on physiological and psychological responses were evaluated by the following measurements: functional near-infrared spectroscopy, electrocardiogram and sensory evaluation. The authors investigated the correlation between the anthropometric data and psychophysiological response data.
Findings
There were significant correlations between body fat and physiological responses. It was suggested that differences in body fat affect changes in cerebral hemodynamics and heart rate due to clothing pressure. It is inferred that the participants having lower body fat reacted more sensitively to the compression stimulus, while those having higher body fat were more tolerant of physiological reactions to compression stimulus.
Originality/value
This paper has presented the necessity of clothing comfort evaluation considering individual differences in physique due to body fat.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Mr M. Inoue, Mr T. Kaji and Ms Y. Yamaguchi (Shimadzu Corporation, Japan) for technical support. This work was supported by MEXT KAKENHI Grant No. JP16H02888, a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
Citation
Uemae, M., Uemae, T. and Kamijo, M. (2020), "Physique differences and psychophysiological response under clothing pressure using waist belt", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 32 No. 1, pp. 63-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCST-06-2018-0082
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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