@Article{JFBI-17-163,
author = {Liu , Han-XinYang , Xiao-XinYin , Yue and Guo , Jing},
title = {Pressure Comfort Evaluation for Supportive Waist Protections},
journal = {Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics},
year = {2024},
volume = {17},
number = {3},
pages = {163--177},
abstract = {<p style="text-align: justify;">Supportive waist protection is the most used among various functional waist protection products. It
achieves its supportive effect primarily through elastic-banded supportive strips, with their shape,
number, and material influencing the level of support. This study assesses the subjective and objective
pressure comfort of waist protection with different support strip designs, utilizing a combination of
subjective pressure numerical representation and the Novel-appliance pressure testing system. The
findings indicate that pressure from supportive waist protection is primarily concentrated in the posterior
and lateral lumbar regions, with the lateral region experiencing greater pressure than the anterior and
posterior centre regions. Moreover, pressure along the abdominal circumference line generally exceeds
that along the waist circumference line. The comfortable pressure value in the posterior waist region
exceeds that in the lateral and frontal regions. Finally, varying shapes, numbers, and materials of support
strips result in different pressure intensities in the posterior waist region, with 4 strips of bionic material
offering the best waist comfort and 4 strips of steel plate providing the least comfort.</p>},
issn = {2617-8699},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.3993/jfbim01722},
url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/23562.html}
}