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Mattress is a necessity in everyone’s life. Studies show that the BMI difference is one of the factors affecting the comfort of the mattress. The difference affects the pressure distribution in the contact surface of the mattress. In this study, seven mattresses of different hardness were selected, and pressure distribution test with 72 subjects was carried out to collect the pressure of seven parts of the body. The trend of pressure changing with BMI was got by difference and correlation analysis. It can be concluded that head pressure decreases with the increase of BMI. Back pressure, waist pressure, hip pressure, thigh pressure, calf pressure and whole body pressure increase with the increase of BMI. The research results can provide reference for the mattress design suitable for people with different BMI.
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This research is supported by 2017 National Quality Infrastructure (2017NQI) project (2017YFF0206603) and China National Institute of Standardization through the “special funds for the basic R&D undertakings by welfare research institutions” (522018Y-5984).
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Hu, H., Hong, P., Cai, M., Li, Y., Luo, H., Wu, H. (2020). Study on the Influence of BMI Difference on Pressure Distribution of Mattress. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 955. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20227-9_50
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