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© Kamla-Raj 2005 J. Hum. Ecol., 17(1): 59-61 (2005)
Clothing Related Problems Encountered by Paraplegics
N. Pruthi, P. Seetharaman and Chanchal
Department of Clothing and Textiles, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125 004, Haryana, India
KEYWORDS Gender. Disabled. Clothing Problem. Functional Garments
ABSTRACT In an interview and observation of male and female paraplegics it was found that they faced various types of clothing related problems. A few paraplegics faced problems while wearing and removing upper garments as they had pain in their upper limbs whereas other common problems faced by majority of the paraplegics were: slipping legs in garments and removing them, garment and bed wetting because of incontinence, bunching of garments causing discomfort and bed sores at pressure points e.g. scapula region, hip or back bones and wounds due to traction belt.
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