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Evaluating Mobility of Winter Padded Jackets According to Different Pattern Designs of Inner Quilting Layer

겨울철 패딩 재킷의 안감 퀼팅 패턴 디자인에 따른 인체 착용성 평가

Min-Seo Kim12
,
Do-Hee Kim3
,
Sung-Moon Yoon4
,
Joo-Young Lee135*
김 민서12
,
김 도희3
,
윤 성문4
,
이 주영135*
1Department of Fashion and Textiles, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Chonan, Korea
3Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
4KOLON Industries FnC, Seoul, Korea
5Graphene Research Center for Convergence Technology, Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, Suwon, Korea
1서울대학교 의류학과
2한국생산기술연구원
3서울대학교 생활과학연구소
4코오롱인더스트리
5차세대융기원 그래핀융합기술센터
*Corresponding Author
30 June 2025. pp. 324-338
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Abstract

We assessed the wearability of wearers through posture and mobility tests when wearing winter padded jackets with the following three types of different inner quilting designs: (1) an simple horizontal inner quilting pattern (Control), 2) horizontally-improved inner quilting pattern (Design A), and (3) vertically-improved inner quilting pattern (Design B). Ten males and 10 females participated in both posture and mobility tests. The posture assessment consisted of 18 postures, while the mobility test consisted of 12 consecutive movements (3 repetitions), representing daily activities outside. The posture assessment revealed that Design A and B jackets provided relatively less restriction during arm, waist, and leg movements when compared to the Control jacket (p < 0.05). The differences among the three jacket conditions were more marked for males rather than females. The mobility test revealed that there were no significant differences among the three jacket conditions in completion time, heart rate, microclimate temperature and humidity inside the upper back and chest areas. However, males showed shorter completion time and higher humidity of clothing microclimate than females (p < 0.05). Interviews, which were conducted immediately after the mobility test, indicated that subjects felt more discomfort and restriction for Control when compared to Design A and B conditions. In summary, the present results suggest that body restriction and discomfort when wearing winter padded jackets can be reduced through improving inner quilting pattern designs even though that the outer design and materials were not changed.

Keywords
Posture assessment
Mobility test
Practical performance test
Thermal comfort
Cold weather
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Living Environmental System
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국생활환경학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of The Korean Society of Living Environmental System
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국생활환경학회
  • Volume : 32
  • No :3
  • Pages :324-338
  • Received Date : 2025-01-02
  • Revised Date : 2025-05-06
  • Accepted Date : 2025-05-28
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.21086/ksles.2025.6.32.3.324
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