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Analyzing Adult Male Hand Shape for the Development of Work Gloves

작업용 장갑 개발을 위한 성인 남성 손 형태 분석

  • Sujoung Cha (Dept. of Fashion & Clothing, Mokpo National University)
  • 차수정 (국립목포대학교, 패션의류학과)
  • Received : 2023.07.11
  • Accepted : 2023.09.07
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

This study aimed to classify the hand types of adult males aged 20 to 69 years using three-dimensional measurement data from the 2020 8th Korean Anthropometric Survey, the latest measurement data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology Size Korea, and explore the characteristics of each type. Through this, I aimed to draw implications for the development of work gloves. The factors that make up an adult male's hand were categorized into hand and finger thickness factors, palm length factors, and finger length factors. Adult male hands were categorized into four types: small, thin hands and long fingers; thick, long fingers; medium, short hands and fingers; and large, thin, short fingers. The analysis showed that the younger the age, the more slender and long the hands and fingers, and as age increased, hands and fingers became shorter and thicker. Implications for the development of work gloves included the need for size segmentation based on the age of the work glove user, changes in the way glove dimensions are set based on hand length and hand circumference, and the need to segment gloves by the type of work. Hand typing in future research should be done according to occupational groups, and glove patterns should be developed for each type of work based on the results of this study.

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