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Assessment of body mapping sportswear using a manikin operated in constant temperature mode and thermoregulatory model control mode

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Regional sweating patterns and body surface temperature differences exist between genders. Traditional sportswear made from one material and/or one fabric structure has a limited ability to provide athletes sufficient local wear comfort. Body mapping sportswear consists of one piece of multiple knit structure fabric or of different fabric pieces that may provide athletes better wear comfort. In this study, the ‘modular’ body mapping sportswear was designed and subsequently assessed on a ‘Newton’ type sweating manikin that operated in both constant temperature mode and thermophysiological model control mode. The performance of the modular body mapping sportswear kit and commercial products were also compared. The results demonstrated that such a modular body mapping sportswear kit can meet multiple wear/thermal comfort requirements in various environmental conditions. All body mapping clothing (BMC) presented limited global thermophysiological benefits for the wearers. Nevertheless, BMC showed evident improvements in adjusting local body heat exchanges and local thermal sensations.

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Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by a European Union Marie Curie project (project number: 209369) and FW was supported by the Killam Trusts at the University of Alberta.

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  1. Laboratory for Protection and Physiology, EMPA-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Faming Wang, Matthew Morrissey & René Rossi

  2. Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, 329 Human Ecology Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2N1, Canada

    Faming Wang

  3. Department of Occupational Medicine, INAIL-Research Area, Via Fontana Candida 1, 00040, Monte Porzio Catone, RM, Italy

    Simona Del Ferraro & Vincenzo Molinaro

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Wang, F., Del Ferraro, S., Molinaro, V. et al. Assessment of body mapping sportswear using a manikin operated in constant temperature mode and thermoregulatory model control mode. Int J Biometeorol 58, 1673–1682 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-013-0774-4

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