2012 Volume 53 Issue 11 Pages 934-941
The relationship between the swelling on the lower half of the body and the current purchasing trends of “support knee-high socks (SKS)'' were examined by a Net questionnaire for 1425 women's consumers from 10 to 60 years old. Some 70.7% of the whole participants were office workers, full-time house-wives, and part-time workers from 20 to 40 years old. 79.3% of participants, who had awareness of their swelling, were aware of the swelling in the lower half of the body such as calf, ankle and instep. A growing awareness of the swelling was closely related to the total time of walking and sitting. The swelling aware participants were significantly longer in total time than those who are less aware. 44.8% of them have bought SKS as confidently hoped that the swelling would be relieved. However, 34.4% of them have not bought SKS, which seemed ineffective against the swelling for the reason. The swelling should be relieved in order to reduce the load of the body.On the matter, here we showed a few basic guidelines for the development of comfort SKS by using not only the questionnaire but also the physiological data.
