Evaluation of Clothing Comfort Properties Using the Cycloergometer Test.

The aim of study was to present an evaluation of sports underwear under different conditions and applying two measurement techniques. The test was performed on a ergometer simulating real conditions of wearing clothes. Moreover, the material parameters of knitted fabric selected were evaluated according to standards. The utility tests performed by the ergometer allow one to assess fabric under the action of the human thermoregulation mechanism. and therefore such tests more effectively characterise the article under testing. Test results of the underclothing micro-climate of sports underwear showed a statistically significant dependence on the person participating in the tests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]