Abstract: The invention relates to garments and undergarments. More particularly, to a garment that may induce caloric burn while the wearer goes about his or her day. An objective for the garment is to increase exercise of body muscles used in daily living. In one embodiment, a garment and/or shaper is described with carefully positioned resistance bands that are relatively more resistant (i.e., less stretchy or elastic) than the fabric used to construct the remainder of the garment. At least two of these bands are positioned to extend from the thighs upwards towards the waist and cross at the ischium. These bands have a direct effect on muscles that would normally be activated during regular activity and cause them to be further exercised, but in a gentle manner. The effect, which may be slightly perceptible, is felt while the wearer goes about his or her day.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of acquiring biomechanical position data for use in postural analysis, the method comprising the steps of:

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of acquiring biomechanical position data for use in postural analysis, where a plurality of scanable markers are attached on the patient at marker positions, the patient is instructed to stand in normal posture, and the markers attached to the patient are scanned to obtain position data for each of them. The present invention also relates to a method for calculating postural deviation values in a patient where an angle of deviation value and distance of deviation value with respect to the plumb line position value are calculated using the biomechanical position data. The present invention further relates to a method of providing posture health care using a distributed system.