身体障害者のための衣服の特性と設計:衣生活に対する意識

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In order to make some clothes with which the disabled persons (physical handicaps) are satisfied, we first survey the actual condition of their daily life and their awareness of life to wear clothes. The main results are as follows.
(1) Common awareness of clothes
As common awareness to all kinds of physical handicaps on clothes, we took notice of items to obtain many answers and found the following results.
1) Choice items for top and bottom wear: Concerning with fabrics, the surveyed subjects required the tactile feeling, the thermal feeling and the urine countermeasure. Concerning with easiness to put on and take off clothes, pullover type and rubber used clothes were selected.
2) Items been conscious of inconvenience: fastener, button and rise in trousers.
3) Clothes wanted to purchase: Clothes to corresponding to every scene of daily life were widely wanted.
4) Who purchase subjects' clothes: Many subjects purchased clothes themselves. It showed us their active attitude to get clothes.
(2) Difference of awareness of clothes by two kinds of disable condition
Disable persons were classified to two groups. The persons in Group A were paralyzed one side of the body but were able to walk themselves. The persons in Group B were paralyzed on the lower half of the body and were able to move with automatic wheelchair. As the awareness on clothes which had the significant difference between Group A and B, the following items were obtained. At every item, Group A had much answers than B and therefore needed some careful consideration.
1) Choice items for top and bottom wear: pullover type, front open type, magic tape and button.
2) Inconvenience on clothes: size unsuitable, fastener, difficult to put fastener in box, button, hook and rubber used clothes.