Anthropometry for Ergonomic Design

David Feathers; Clive D’Souza; Victor Paquet

doi:10.1201/b18362-38

Anthropometry for Ergonomic Design

David Feathers
, Clive D’Souza
, Victor Paquet

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Cornell University
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Abstract

Anthropometry is the study of human body sizes and abilities. Anthropometry is derived from the Greek words ‘anthropo’, meaning ‘human being’, and ‘metry’, meaning ‘measure’. Anthropometry provides descriptive information about the distributional characteristics of physical body dimensions and functional abilities of large samples of people. Physical anthropometric dimensions include basic whole-body measurements such as standing height, as well as specic body segment lengths, widths, depths, circumferences and weights. Functional abilities include things such as grip strength, push and pull strength, reaching capabilities, elds of vision and applied measurements specic to task performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Evaluation of Human Work, Fourth Edition
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	725-749
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9781466559622
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/b18362-38
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

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