CA2482304A1 - Tights-type leg support garment - Google Patents

Abstract

A leg support garment of a tights type that has stretchability and is applied in close contact with the human body so as to support the legs is provided with a stretchable part having a relatively great straining force.
The stretchable part having a relatively great straining force includes a stretchable portion having a relatively great straining force that substantially covers the ligamentum collateralle on the medial side of the knee joint of the human body extends approximately along a vicinity of a periphery of the patella on a medial side thereof so as to surround the patella through not less than approximately 1/4 of the periphery of the patella and to cover at least a part of an inferior region of the patella, and reaches a side of the musculus gastrocnemius and/or the musculus coleus on the medial side; and on a superior side of the knee joint, extends from a medial side to a lateral side of the thigh via a posterior side thereof approximately along the musculus semitendinosus and/or the musculus semimembranosus to a vicinity of the trochanter major, passing over the musculus biceps femoris obliquely. Thus, it is possible to provide a leg support garment that is capable of effectively protecting the knees and stably maintaining the knee joints without decreasing the degree of freedom of the movement of the knee joints, that provides a good feeling when worn, and that is useful for preventing and reducing gonalgia of the knees, and further, for preventing injuries to the ligamentum collateralle medialis caused by sports or the like.