Browsing by Author "Villacrés Altamirano, María Gabriela"

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    Diseño de indumentaria para basquetbolistas con discapacidad motriz, en extremidades inferiores
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Facultad de Diseño, Artes y Arquitectura. Carrera de Diseño de Modas., 2018-10) Villacrés Altamirano, María Gabriela; Ramírez Bonilla, Nancy Raquel
    In this project the "Design of clothing for basketball players with motor disability, in lower extremities" is studied, to achieve this it is necessary to investigate theoretical background on clothing for athletes with motor disabilities, determine the needs of the target and develop a proposal of adaptive clothing to perform field research, the opinion of the basketball players with disabilities of the city of Ambato, coaches, managers and medical personnel was collected, the organization studied was the ASOPLEJICAT Sporting Club, subsidiary of the Sports Federation of Tungurahua, which groups athletes from 13 to Less than 60 years old, it has 3 coaches and approximately 35 athletes. It was determined that almost two-thirds of athletes exceed 40 years of age, in all cases manifest physical disability of the lower limbs, 54.3% of athletes have a 60% disability and followed by 20% have 72%, 40% are unemployed and 8.6% are students, 34.3% assign a level of importance of 5/10, 20% rate the importance of the costumes with 7/10. The shortcomings of the wardrobe according to 20% is not very adaptable; for 11.4%, it has limited resistance. 60% of athletes prefer the size Medium; followed by 31.4% who prefer to wear sports clothes of size Large; 85.7% prefer to wear pants, functionality is essential; because the current garments do not give them that characteristic; 31.4% and inappropriate garments are used for basketball (25.7%) because they are of poor quality, unpleasant to the eye, uncomfortable due to the lack of adjustment devices and the lack of closure accessories, 77.1% of athletes only sometimes find the garments in Ambato and 17.1%, never. However, 42.9% of the population prefers to buy in stores while 22.9% in factories where they make tailor-made or specialized stores (20%). The purchasing factors are functionality (42.9%), type of material (20%), design (20%), price and quality. Sports clothes suffer more wear on knees (37.1%), seatings (20%) and thighs (14.3%); finally, 74.3% practice basketball once or twice a week.