Provided is a garment that can be advantageously used by a person of reduced physical capability or potentially of reduced physical capability, the garment easing the movement of joints with the patient's own muscular strength, effectively suppressing a reduction in muscular strength, and maintaining or increasing everyday physical activity. A garment (20a) in which auxiliary bands (2a, 2b) are disposed in a body-covering fabric (21a), wherein the garment is characterized in that: the auxiliary bands (2a, 2b) are arranged in the body-covering fabric (21a) so as to follow the body surface of the wearer from one end side (3a) to the other end side (3b) sandwiching a portion covering the joints of the wearer in the body-covering fabric (21a)； the auxiliary bands (2a, 2b) are secured to the body-covering fabric (21a) such that the auxiliary bands (2a, 2b) and the body-covering fabric (21a) are separated from each other and can expand and contract independently； and the tensile force (T1) worn in the direction (S) connecting the one end side (3a) and the other end side (3b) of the auxiliary bands (2a, 2b) when the garment (20a) is worn is greater than the tensile force (T2) in a direction parallel to the direction (S) of the body-covering fabric (21) that is overlapping the auxiliary bands (2a, 2b) when the garment (20a) is worn.提供一種衣物，其可適用於體能衰弱者及其屆臨者，令藉自身肌力進行的關節運動輕鬆化，並有效抑制肌力的衰退，以維持或提高身體的日常活動。衣物20a係在身體披覆質材21a配置有輔助帶2a及2b，前述輔助帶2a及2b係從一端部側3a到另一端部側3b包夾著前述身體披覆質材21a的覆蓋穿用者關節的部分，以循沿著穿用者身體表面的方式配置於前述身體披覆質材21a，前述輔助帶2a及2b係以前述輔助帶2a及2b與前述身體披覆質材21a彼此分離且可獨立伸縮的方式固定在前述身體披覆質材21a，在前述衣物20a穿用時連結前述輔助帶2a及2b的前述一端部側3a與另一端部側3b的方向S的張力，係大於前述衣物20a穿用時與前述輔助帶2a及2b重疊之前述身體披覆質材21a和前述方向S平行方向的張力。
