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The Study of Posture & Pressure on the Human Form on Comparative Bed Types
Introduction
Since the inception of the 'Innerspring Mattress' there has not been a major improvement in
'a mattress's supportive capabilities of the human body'.
By 1998, Mario Piraino, a Structural Engineer, tested thousands of people on various beds. He soon suspected, then formed the belief, that in fact:
| A |
Modern mattresses' supportive capabilities are not much better than those of 50 years ago. |
| B |
The terms 'soft, medium and firm' are (relative only to the 'feel' of the mattress, not support as often claimed) simplistic and basically meaningless. |
| C |
The words 'comfort'and 'support' are often misused and intermixed, and… |
| D |
Many claims and bed descriptions made by manufacturers and retailers about their bed's 'supportive' and 'pressure reducing' qualities are often misleading and sometimes plainly untrue. The most common situation is where a manufacturer will illustrate a person lying on a mattress with a straight spine and yet the observations of the time suggest this was not achievable. |
On the 8th of December 2005, the first truly comparative testing of a wide range of mattress types from the best known industry brands was carried out openly in the Bio Mechanics Research Laboratory of one of Melbourne's Public Universities.
It was conducted using proven scientific research protocols i.e. testing each subject with the same measuring equipment, on the same day, by the same research staff, etc. the only variable in each case being the different types of beds being tested.
The testing involved measuring 'the body surface pressure' and 'the skeletal alignment' of 2 subjects (1 female and 1 male) of average weight and shape on each of the 12 different bed systems.
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