Effects of Sericin Processed Sportswear on Physiological Response and Fatigue.

Abstract

Wear experiments were conducted to examine clothing temperature(T_cl), clothing humidity (H_cl), oral temperature(T_co), sweat rate (SW), heart rate (HR), subjective feelings, and body reaction time. A Kraepelin test was performed using a sericin processed sportswear and a regular one as a control.
1. The sericin processed garment had lower values of T_co, HR and SW than the regular one. From these results, it was considered that subjects that were wearing the sericin processed garment would have a lower physiological load than subjects of the regular garment.
2. From the correlation analysis, it was found that H_cl is a very important factor in the results mentioned above. That is, it was considered that sericin processed on wear makes the moisture and water performance of the wear increase, and then the wear can make sweat evaporate smoothly. Further, the smooth evaporation can reduce the H_cl, consequently, the lower H_cl can restrain the T_co, HR and SW. Because this tendency was remarkable during and just after exercise, it was suggested that the sericin processed wear is useful when sweating.
3. Subjects who wore the sericin processed wear felt lower fatigue. However, the results of the reaction time and Kraepelin test were not significant statistically.