| 摘要 |
A hand joint supporter which can reduce the load on hand joints includes a first anchor section for tightening the wearer's forearm with a tubular knitted fabric, a second anchor section for tightening the palm and back of the wearer's hand with the fabric and a hole anchor section formed as a roughly circular through-hole in the vicinity of the second anchor section. A supporting section extends lengthwise in the fabric across the part covering the caprometacarpal joint and is joined to the first anchor section and the hole anchor section so as to support the wearer's hand joints. Stretch resistance, in the circumferential direction of the fabric of the first anchor part is larger than that of a base fabric section, and stretch resistance, in the length width direction of the fabric, of the supporting section is larger than that of the base fabric section. |
| 主权项 |
1. A hand joint supporter which is made of a tubular knitted fabric that is knitted by circular knitting, and comes into close contact with the body surface of a wearer, thereby assisting hand joints, the hand joint supporter comprising:
a first anchor section which is knitted to go around one end of the tubular knitted fabric and makes the tubular knitted fabric tighten on a forearm of the wearer; a second anchor section which is knitted to go around another end of the tubular knitted fabric, surrounds portions corresponding to a second metacarpal bone, a third metacarpal bone, a fourth metacarpal bone, and a fifth metacarpal bone in a vicinity of the metacarpophalangeal joints of the wearer, and makes the tubular knitted fabric tighten on a palm and a back of the hand of the wearer; a hole anchor section which is formed as an approximately circular through-hole in a vicinity of the second anchor section in the tubular knitted fabric to insert a thumb of the hand of the wearer therethrough; a supporting section which is knitted to extend in a length direction of the tubular knitted fabric over portions corresponding to the carpometacarpal joints of the wearer on the front face and/or back face side of the tubular knitted fabric and is connected to the first anchor section and the hole anchor section, thereby supporting the hand joints of the wearer; a base fabric section which is knitted to surround portions corresponding to the hand joints of the wearer along with the supporting section and supports the hand joints of the wearer along with the supporting section; and a buffer section which is a knitted fabric surrounded by the second anchor section, the hole anchor section, the supporting section, and the base fabric section in the tubular knitted fabric and provides flexibility between the second anchor section and the supporting section. |
