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Ergonomía Ocupacional. Investigaciones y Aplicaciones. Vol 3 2010
RESULTS
Six anthropometric data were obtained from a sample of 227 students, for women and men, for three group
of ages from 17 to 20, from 21 to 23 and from 24 to 54 years old.
Hereby are presented two anthropometric surveys where body dimensions are described, measurements are
in centimeters and weight is shown in kilograms for 5 th , 50 th and 95 th percentiles of a women’s sample
(figure 3) and for a masculine sample (figure 4), both, from 17 to 20 years old. In figure 5 data shows a
sample size of 227 masculine and feminine students by age range and sex.
Measurement’s Desription 5% 50% 95% Measurement’s Description 5% 50% 95%
Weight 37.17 66.6 96.02 Length of head 17.042 19.241 21.441
Stature 151.77 165.54 179.3 Length of hand 15.828 17.594 19.36
Length of palm of hand 7.831 9.8366 11.842
Height standing Width of palm of hand 4.5519 7.8598 11.168
Eye 139.97 153.73 167.5 Diameter of grabs (interior) 36.064 45.146 54.228
Shoulder 123.24 136.02 148.8
Elbow 86.196 107.4 128.6 Heights sitting
Waist 91.871 101.94 112 Height to head from seat 71.443 85.524 99.605
Buttock 65.34 74.432 83.52 Height to eye from seat
Height to shoulder from
67.182 75.012 82.842
Wrist 53.194 82.124 111.1 seat
Height to elbow from seat,
50.45 59.456 68.462
Middle finger 54.842 63.695 72.55 90 degrees 20.364 24.951 29.538
Width of extended arms 151.27 166.63 182 Height to thigh from seat 10.891 14.046 17.202
Width of elbows to the
Height to Middle finger
center of chest 70.412 85.588 100.8 from seat, arms up 117.5 129.26 141.01
Length of arm extended
Height to center of fist, arms
from the wall 64.072 81.687 99.3 up 100.41 122.3 144.2
Length to the center of the
Height to head from floor
fist from the wall 51.492 73.712 95.93 sitting
Hight to seat from floor
121.12 131.11 141.1
Width of shoulders standing 34.828 42.038 49.25 sitting 23.215 49.154 75.092
Width of chest standing 24.719 30.34 35.96 Popliteal to buttocks
Length from knees to
39.537 47.641 55.746
Width of hips standing
Circumferencia of neck
26.245 33.701 41.16 buttocks 48.308 59.027 69.745
standing
Circumferencia fo chest
23.618 35.539 47.46 Height from floor to popliteal 35.818 43.388 50.958
standing 73.352 90.66 108 Height from floor to knee 40.054 52.266 64.477
Circumferencia of waist
Length from elbow to
standing 55.12 79.619 104.1 middle finger
Width of back with arms
40.634 44.907 49.18
Circumference of hips
extended forward –forward
standing 81.893 99.361 116.8 reach 34.85 40.587 46.323
Circumference of head 46.695 54.395 62.1 Width of hips, sitting 32.447 38.468 44.489
Distance from ear to ear
Width of thighs with knees
over head
Width of face to the height
26.672 34.971 43.27 meeting 30.701 37.212 43.723
of sideburns 11.977 13.563 15.15 Length of foot 21.381 24.137 26.892
Width of head
Height of chin to superior
13.645 14.973 16.3 Width of foot 6.4972 8.4366 10.376
part of head 18.517 22.146 25.78 Height of instep 4.3354 6.2829 8.2305
Figure 3. Body dimensions for a femenine sample from 17 to 20 years old.
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