PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lower leg supporter which can support the gastrocnemius muscle from front to back and from side to side, without disturbing the movements of the Achilles tendon, and prevent excessive vibration of the gastrocnemius muscle to thereby reduce the wearers fatigue.SOLUTION: The lower leg supporter comprises: a first anchor part 2 for tightening the wearers below-knee part with a tubular knitted fabric a second anchor part 3 for tightening the wearers above-ankle part with the tubular knitted fabric and a gastrocnemius muscle-supporting part 4 knitted in a roughly V-shape or roughly U-shape in the neighborhood of a point corresponding to a joint 102a of the gastrocnemius muscle 101 and the Achilles tendon 102 as the lower end, in the back face side of the tubular knitted fabric, and supporting the gastrocnemius muscle 101 by joining two ends in the roughly V-shaped or roughly U-shaped knitted fabric to the first anchor part 2 respectively.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】 アキレス腱の動きを阻害することなく、腓腹筋を上下左右から支持することができ、腓腹筋の過度の振れを抑制して、着用者の疲労感を軽減することができる下腿用サポーターを提供する。【解決手段】 下腿用サポーターは、膝下に筒状編地を締着させる第1のアンカー部2と、踝上に筒状編地を締着させる第2のアンカー部3と、筒状編地の背面側に、腓腹筋101及びアキレス腱102の結合部102aに対応する部分近傍を下端とする略V字形状又は略U字形状に編成され、当該略V字形状又は略U字形状の編地における二つの端部を第1のアンカー部2にそれぞれ連結して腓腹筋101を支持する腓腹筋支持部4と、を備える。【選択図】 図1
