Review article

Textile materials intended for sportswear

Sandra Stojanović orcid.org/0000-0001-6354-7511 ; Faculty of Technology in Leskovac, University of Niš, Leskovac, Srebia
Jelka Geršak ; University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Maribor, Slovenia

Abstract

Active sportswear is clothing of certain functions with the aim of ensuring
the expected properties of certain sports. An important aspect of sportswear
is thermal physiological comfort, especially when sports activities take place
in demanding atmospheric conditions (at high or low temperatures) over a
long period of time. Proper selection of clothing can significantly reduce the
dynamic and thermal loads of athletes. Innovations in textile science and
technology is focused on research into the development of fibres of high and
special properties for various applications. So, a lot of investment in technological
innovations of textile materials from fibres, yarns to fabric and 3D
textile structure which results in improved performance of sportswear. In
addition, much attention is paid to design that also contributes to improving
the performance of sportswear. Here, it will be pointed on significant achievements
in the field of sportswear intended for professional athletes. Various
aspects that affect the comfort of clothing, the impact of different types of
fibres, yarns and innovative structures of textile fabrics intended for the production
of sportswear are discussed. Also, special emphasis is given to innovations
in the field of jerseys with cooling effect.

Keywords

sportswear; special fibre properties; textile structures; clothing with cooling effect; thermo-physiological comfort of clothing

Hrčak ID:

250867

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/250867

Publication date:

20.7.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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