Improvement of methods for evaluation of anthropometric fit and ergonomics of clothing: Summary of the doctoral thesis

The Doctoral Thesis aims to develop a method for the preventive evaluation of the anthropometric fit and ergonomics of clothing. Research tasks: 1. To identify and analyse aspects of clothing design, their inter-relationship and importance in ensuring the anthropometric fit and ergonomics of clothing. 2. To summarize and analyse the components of the clothing conformity concept and their evaluation methods. 3. To study and comparatively analyse standardized methods for assessing the anthropometric fit and ergonomics of clothing. 4. To develop an algorithm of the method for evaluating the anthropometric fit and ergonomics of clothing based on research-based practical principles. 5. To examine and approbate the operation algorithm of the developed method – to evaluate the anthropometric fit and ergonomics of certain special-purpose clothing for further recommendations for improving the procurement procedure. The object of the research of the Doctoral Thesis is the evaluation of anthropometric fit and ergonomics of clothing for effective selection of clothing to ensure its functionality. The research subject is a method – algorithm (system of principles), which allows directing the combination of objective and subjective evaluation methods of clothing and the convergent properties of the results of their application into practical principles for determining the anthropometric fit and ergonomics of clothing. General theoretical research methods (analysis of scientific literature, documentation), bottom-up and top-down problem analysis methods, empirical research methods (observations and experiments), surveys, interviews, applied mathematics, laser scanning methods, data acquisition with optical triangulation, computer graphics methods. Anthropometric data were obtained with the human body 3D scanning device VitusSmart XXL® (Human Solutions Group GmbH) with the AnthroScan data processing system and traditional anthropometric instruments – anthropometer, caliper, scales, goniometer, and tape measure.