International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 6

Maternity Support Garment: Part I-A Local Market Survey

  • Author:
  • M.Y. Li1, A.S.W. Wong1, Y.L. Kwok1, C.W. Kan1, J. Yip1, S.P. Ng2, T.H.T. Lao3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 372 to 374

1Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

2The Hong Kong Community College, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

3Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, Tel: (852) 2766 6531, Fax: (852) 2773 1432, E-mail: tccwk@polyu.edu.hk

Online published on 6 March, 2017.

Abstract

Maternity support garment is recommended to be used as therapy to reduce pregnant low back pain. In order to develop better maternity support garment, local market survey was conducted to find the materials and features used commonly in market available maternity support garment. Market survey revealed that comfort, breathability and support were the important features for making maternity support garment.

Keywords

Maternity support garment, market survey, design, features