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Integrated test method by the evaluation of don-doff and mobility of old and newly-developed firefighting protective gloves
- Title
- Integrated test method by the evaluation of don-doff and mobility of old and newly-developed firefighting protective gloves
- Authors
- Bae G.-T.; Kim D.-H.; Syn H.-Y.; Lee J.-Y.
- Ewha Authors
- 신혜영
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 신혜영
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Journal Title
- Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
- ISSN
- 1225-1151
- Citation
- Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 950 - 965
- Keywords
- Dexterity test; Don-doff test; Firefighting protective gloves; Integrated test; Torque test
- Publisher
- Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
- Indexed
- SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- This present study proposed a newly developed test method to evaluate the dexterity and mobility of a firefighter's protective gloves. The first step evaluated the mobility and dexterity of the current type of fire protective gloves and three new types of protective gloves using Don-doff test, ASTM dexterity, Minnesota dexterity, Bennett hand tool test, and ASTM torque test. Three firefighters (47.3±5.0 yr in age, 178.6±2.9cm in height) participated in a series of experiments. The second step was to design and suggest an integrated test method based on the results of the first experiment. As a result of the first experiment, we concluded that 1) the mobility and dexterity tests for firefighting gloves should include both wet and dry tests, 2) The three kinds of dexterity tests could be integrated into one test, and 3) The don-doff test and the torque test should be independent from the newly developed integrated test. In summary, we suggested a simplified test method that combined ASTM dexterity, Minnesota dexterity, and Bennett hand tool test. The integrated system can reduce total time spent on dexterity tests and improve the validity of the test in terms of firefighters' manual work. © 2017, The Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles.
- DOI
- 10.5850/JKSCT.2017.41.5.950
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- 신산업융합대학 > 의류산업학과 > Journal papers
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