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The garment pressure comfort sensation was studied in the paper. The garment pressure comfort threshold was defined and calculated according to staircase method of psychophysics. In experiment, 10 subjects were employed in sensory tests and pressure measurements. A novel stretchable compressive belt was designed and developed, which was used to control the pressure applied on separate body parts by its extension and intention, and the subjects judgment and pressure monitor were recorded in times. Finally, the comfort thresholds at 13 separate body parts were investigated. This study provided proper comfort pressure range to human body for developing compression wear.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; under Grant No. 51505080; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No. 16D110708; Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision of Guangzhou Municipality under Grant No. 2017kj11; and Shanghai College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program under Grant No. 201410255020.
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Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Luo, S., Chen, C., Jin, L. (2018). The Pressure Comfort Sensation of Female’s Body Parts Caused by Compression Garment. In: Ahram, T., Falcão, C. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 608. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60639-2_10
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