The purpose of this study is to make reserches on physique and body forms of middle and old aged women through classification of physique by age group of 50-70 years old women, consequently picking up necessary information on each age group and finally contributing to clothes designing. In this study basic physique data was established in order to clarify size of clothes worn by middle and old aged women. Researches were made on 305 healthy women ranging 50-70 in age, living in the metroporitan area. Martin method was applied in physique researches and the results are as follows.
1) A physique list of 50-60-70 years old women was completed.
2) Mollison deviation value was calculated based on women in the 5Os and the physique comparison was made on women in the 50s-60s-70s. It was found out that girth of women in the 50s-60s expanded and body frames of women in the 60s-70s changed to fit fat free‘old age’with beer barrel bodies, round shoulders, thin arms and legs.
3) Two different discriminant analysis were applied to clarify physique features of women in SOs and 70s. As a result of manual control of judging scales of F
in≥ 5.0, F
out< 5.0, the following eight elements were selected as measurable points of body form features : right bust height, right iliospinale height, right subscapular skinfold thickness, waist circumference, auxiliary chest girth, right maximum thigh girth, side neck point to waist front, and total crotch length. An error discriminant rate as given by 18 women out of 204 inquired women with 8.82%. The points proved to be essential to grasp physique changes of middle and old aged women.
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