Human body movement apparel

There are about 206 bones in the adult human body and most of them are connected with movable joints. Movements of different body parts like finger, wrist, elbow, shoulder joints, shoulder, neck , chest , back, hip, waist, leg, knee, ankle, feet etc. varies to a wide range of multi-directions. Considering the direction and extent of movement of all the parts of body , design of clothing should be done so that the question of discomfort due to restriction of movement does not arise. The study of the human body movement classifies by dividing the body using three planes i.e (1 ) sagittal plane that divides the body from front to back ( 2 ) frontal plane that divides the body left to right ( 3 ) transverse plane that divides the body top and bottom as shown in diagram 5.1 Considering the direction, plane and axes of body and body parts movement, designing of clothing should be done.