@article{mcquerry_kwon_poley-bogan_2023, title={Female firefighters' increased risk of occupational exposure due to ill-fitting personal protective clothing}, volume={10}, ISSN={["2296-8016"]}, DOI={10.3389/fmats.2023.1175559}, abstractNote={Despite the growing female firefighter population, firefighting gear was originally designed with only the male human form in mind. As a result, women in the fire service experience issues of improper fit and injuries at rates exponentially higher than their male counterparts. Areas of ill-fit, specifically in interfaces, can increase the risk of occupational exposure for women in the fire service. The purpose of this research was to determine fit and sizing issues of personal protective clothing (PPC) to improve female firefighters’ comfort, mobility, and safety. A mixed methods approach was adopted including a nationwide questionnaire, end-user focus groups, and remote three-dimensional body scanning of 189 female structural and wildland firefighters. Between 15%–21% of female firefighters were found to intentionally leave off a part of their PPC at least “sometimes,” if not “nearly always,” with the coat and pants being the primary items not donned. 100% of participants had wrist and ankle circumferences smaller than the smallest size garment’s wrist and pant leg openings per the wildland sizing system, indicating interface areas and wildland PPC have the greatest opportunities for design and fit improvement. This study gathered and created the first and largest U.S. female firefighter anthropometric database. Overall results indicate female firefighters are wearing PPC with significant fit issues that not only reduce their comfort and restrict their mobility but pose increased safety risks related to occupational exposure.}, journal={FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS}, author={McQuerry, Meredith and Kwon, Cassandra and Poley-Bogan, Madeline}, year={2023}, month={Apr} }
 @misc{mcquerry_kwon_johnson_2019, title={A critical review of female firefighter protective clothing and equipment workplace challenges}, volume={23}, ISSN={["1560-6074"]}, DOI={10.1108/RJTA-01-2019-0002}, abstractNote={
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenging barriers faced by female firefighters, which limit workplace entrance and performance.
}, number={2}, journal={RESEARCH JOURNAL OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL}, author={McQuerry, Meredith and Kwon, Cassandra and Johnson, Heather}, year={2019}, month={Jun}, pages={94–110} }
 @article{kwon_hegarty_oxenham_thoney-barletta_grant_reid_2019, title={An introduction to a new direct testing method for characterizing pressure in compression fabrics}, volume={110}, ISSN={["1754-2340"]}, DOI={10.1080/00405000.2018.1527966}, abstractNote={Abstract A newly developed direct pressure measuring system known as the CRIM Pressure System was compared with a traditional direct measuring device, the PicoPress Compression System, for compression bandage and hosiery samples. PicoPress measurements were taken both on the CRIM system and on research participants. Initial results indicated a good correlation between CRIM Pressure System and PicoPress participants’ measurements.}, number={6}, journal={JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE}, author={Kwon, Cassandra and Hegarty, Meghan and Oxenham, William and Thoney-Barletta, Kristin and Grant, Edward and Reid, Lawrence}, year={2019}, month={Jun}, pages={822–831} }
 @article{ormond_kwon_mathews_2019, title={Performance Evaluation of Newly Developed Smoke and Particulate Resistant Structural Turnout Ensemble}, volume={1614}, ISBN={["978-0-8031-7673-7"]}, ISSN={["0066-0558"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1520/STP161420180049}, DOI={10.1520/STP161420180049}, journal={HOMELAND SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY: RESEARCH, APPLICATIONS, AND STANDARDS}, publisher={ASTM International}, author={Ormond, R. Bryan and Kwon, Cassandra H. and Mathews, Marc C.}, year={2019}, pages={286–305} }
 @article{kwon_hegarty_oxenham_thoney-barletta_grant_reid_2018, title={An indirect testing approach for characterizing pressure profiles of compression bandages and hosiery}, volume={109}, ISSN={["1754-2340"]}, DOI={10.1080/00405000.2017.1340079}, abstractNote={Abstract As outlined in compression therapy literature, the performance of a compression textile can be characterized by its stiffness and interface pressure. In this study, an indirect approach for measuring pressure from a set of compression bandages and hosiery was developed, from which rigidity (EI) values were determined, and tension–elongation curves and pressure-elongation data were calculated. The calculated pressure values were compared against PicoPress sensor readings measured on 10 participants. Results showed that the correlation between both approaches varied among bandage and hosiery samples.}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Kwon, Cassandra and Hegarty, Meghan and Oxenham, William and Thoney-Barletta, Kristin and Grant, Edward and Reid, Lawrence}, year={2018}, pages={256–267} }
 @article{hegarty-craver_grant_kravitz_kwon_reid_2015, title={Simulated pressure changes in multilayer, multicomponent wrap systems when transitioning from rest to standing}, volume={24}, ISSN={["2062-2916"]}, DOI={10.12968/jowc.2015.24.sup9.s14}, abstractNote={Objective: The objective of this paper was to investigate the pressure applied to the lower leg by multilayer, multicomponent wrap systems, in different positions }, number={9}, journal={JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE}, author={Hegarty-Craver, M. and Grant, E. and Kravitz, S. and Kwon, C. and Reid, L.}, year={2015}, month={Sep}, pages={S14–S20} }
 @article{hegarty-craver_kwon_oxenham_grant_reid_2015, title={Towards characterizing the pressure profiles of medical compression hosiery: an investigation of current measurement devices and techniques}, volume={106}, ISSN={["1754-2340"]}, DOI={10.1080/00405000.2014.941535}, abstractNote={Medical compression hosiery is prescribed according to the pressure it applies to a limb. There are many devices available for measuring this pressure, but differences in the design of the systems used, measurement locations, protocols, and operators result in different pressures being measured for the same garment. This article explores the construction of these compression-measuring devices and the sensing involved in order to highlight the potential causes of these discrepancies. The Tension–Elongation profiles of six compression hosiery samples were then measured, and a method of verifying the point pressure measurements from current techniques was proposed and tested. The results of this analysis show that there was an average discrepancy of 1–5 mmHg between point pressure measurements and those predicted from the Tension–Elongation profiles. With respect to on-body measurements, this technique predicted a maximum change in pressure of 3 mmHg for the samples tested.}, number={7}, journal={JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE}, author={Hegarty-Craver, Meghan and Kwon, Cassandra and Oxenham, William and Grant, Edward and Reid, Lawrence, Jr.}, year={2015}, month={Jul}, pages={757–767} }