تصميم ملابس وظيفية تتلاءم مع احتياجات الأطفال (الفتيات)‎ مستخدمي الأطراف الصناعية

Abstract EN

Designing functional clothes that suit the needs of children (girls) who use Artificial limbs
 
 
 
 
The current research aims to try to develop suggested designs for clothes that are suitable for children(girls) who use prosthetic limbs, and here comes the role of clothing design in developing some solutions to remove the obstacles and difficulties that this group faces while wearing regular clothes, and the research sample consisted of a group of prosthetic limb users.

21 children aged from three to fifteen years, where the sample was chosen from some physiotherapy centers in the various governorates of Egypt, the research tools consisted of conducting a survey of children (girls) using prosthetic limbs and their partners who assist them in wearing the prosthesis to collect the problems they face from wearing regular clothes.

The researcher resorted to developing some designs that help this group to provide solutions to the problems they face and to increase their confidence.

By themselves when appearing in an appropriate and natural appearance, then these designs were shown to a sample of specialists and the category under study through a questionnaire form to achieve the functional and aesthetic aspect of the designed pieces.

It was found from the statistical treatments of the questionnaire that the proposed clothing designs are positive in which the desired goal is achieved, which indicates acceptance Research idea.

 
Key words: design - functional wear - Artificial limbs