Digital Methods in Developing Textile Products for People with Locomotor Disabilities: 110 (Materials Research Foundations)

In the United States there are 3-4 million wheelchair users with the number steadily increasing. This book focuses upon the design of garments for wheelchair-users by considering the shape of the body while in the sitting position the needs of the user (functionality fashionability ease-of-use affordability safety) as well as the characteristics and properties of the materials used. The book references 186 original resources and includes their direct web link for in-depth reading. Keywords: Disabilities Clothing for Disabled Persons Wheelchair Users Paraplegia Functional Clothes Kinematic Model Scanning Procedure 2D-3D/ 3D-2D Virtual Prototype Body Posture Simulation Virtual Pattern Making Garment Fit Simulation.