Evaluation of Kinetic Performance for Men's Suit Jacket in Exercise of Shoulder Joint

Abstract

This paper describes the kinetic performance evaluation of suit jacket by measurement of clothing pressure. Subjects wearing three suit jacket of different size performed three different exercises involving the rotation of the upper limbs. The clothing pressure was measured by the air-pack sensor and the partial compression feeling and the constrained feeling were evaluated by subjects. From the result, it was found that (1) the values of clothing pressure at the arm, the front of armhole and the scapula were correlated with the scores of compression feeling at same points, (2) the Weber-Fechner's law was applicable to the relation between the clothing pressure and the compressive feeling, and the clothing pressure values which gave subjects the low and the moderate compression feelings were 1.2kPa and 3.6 kPa, (3) the values of clothing pressure at the arm, the front and back of armhole and the scapula were correlated with the constrained feeling, and the clothing pressure measurement at these points was available to evaluate the kinetic performance of suit jacket.