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Clothing Pressure, Blood Flow, and Subjective Sensations of Women in Their 50s and 60s When Wearing a Commercial Yoga Bra Top

시판 요가용 브라탑 착용 시 50~60대 여성의 의복압 및 혈류와 주관적 반응

  • Park, Soyoung (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Namyim (Research Institute of Human Ecology, Changwon National University) ;
  • Hong, Kyunghi (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Yejin (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Chungnam National University)
  • 박소영 (충남대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 김남임 (창원대학교 생활과학연구소) ;
  • 홍경희 (충남대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 이예진 (충남대학교 의류학과)
  • Received : 2020.12.21
  • Accepted : 2021.06.13
  • Published : 2021.08.31
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Abstract

This study analyzed clothing pressure, blood flow, and subjective sensations among women in their 50s and 60s while wearing commercially available yoga bra tops (YBTs). These findings could then serve as basic data for designing YBT for women in this age range. Clothing pressure and blood flow reactions were measured in seven participants wearing four commercially available YBTs. Subjective sensations of pressure and comfort were also evaluated. The calculated data were analyzed using the SPSS 24.0 statistical program. The results suggested that YBT4 exerted the lowest clothing pressure, while YBT2 and YBT3 exerted relatively higher clothing pressures. Participants' blood flow decreased while wearing YBTs compared to the control garment. The decrease of 47.3% when the participants wore YBT2 was especially significant. The results confirmed that the blood velocity rate was physiologically lower while wearing all four YBTs than when wearing the control garment. Results for subjective pressure and overall comfort confirmed that YBT2 and YBT3 exerted relatively high pressure, while YBT4 did not exert pressure.

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