Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles (한국의류학회지)
- Volume 28 Issue 3_4
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- Pages.377-386
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- 2004
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- 1225-1151(pISSN)
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- 2234-0793(eISSN)
Development of Standard Body Measurement for Elderly Women(II) - Somatotype Classification & Standard Body Measurement -
노년 여성의 표준 신체치수 설정에 관한 연구(제2보) -체형분류와 표준 신체치수-
Abstract
This report is the second study to develop the standard tables of body measurements to be used for improving the fit of garments and patterns for women aged 60 and older. The purpose of this study is to suggest the new sizing system proper to the women aged 60 and older by classifying their somatotype and developing the standard tables of body measurements for each somatotype. The data are the anthropometric measurements of 329 women aged 60 and older measured in 2001 and the 1997 National Somatometry Survey data. The major contents of this study are as follows. The applicability of KS K 0051 and ISO 3637 sizing systems to the women aged 60 and older was investigated by analyzing the distribution of height and drop index the difference of hipgirth and bustgirth. In this result, we certified the two sizing systems were not so proper to elderly women and the new sizing system proper to them was required. So, we classified the somatotype of the women aged 60 and older to 3 groups, 135cm
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