Transcript BME 7100 MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN BIOENGINEERING

HUMAN ANTHROPOMETRY
Albert I. King
Wayne State University
Tsinghua University
April 17, 2013
Beijing, China
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HUMAN ANTHROPOMETRY
• The information presented in these
slides is taken from a book entitled:
Anthropometric Source Book,
published in 1978
• It was edited by the Staff of
Anthropology Research Project
conducted by Webb Associates of
Yellow Springs, OH
• The work was done for NASA in
preparation for more manned space
flights
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HUMAN ANTHROPOMETRY
• The book has three volumes
• Volume I provides basic information
on anthropometry
• Volume II is a summary of all
available human data from the
military and civilian populations in
the US, Europe and Asia
• Volume III list 236 references related
to the field of anthropometry
• It contains relatively old and is not
the only source book
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HUMAN ANTHROPOMETRY
• More recent data are available from Cheng
et al (1996)
• This paper introduces GEBOD, software
which can provide human and dummy body
dimensional and inertial property data
• While it contains more recent data taken
from US sources, it does not show the
reader how to make the measurements if a
new population is to be studied
* Cheng H, Obergefell L, Rizer A (1996) The development of
the GEBOD prgram. Proc. IEEE 15th Southern BME Conf., pp.
251-254.
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HUMAN ANTHROPOMETRY
• Anthropologists have set up a series
of measurements that neeed to be
made to define the dimensions of a
human being
• For each body segment there are
critical dimensions that must be
taken with the subject either sitting
or standing
• A file describing these
measurements is available to anyone
who wants it
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PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Standing height
Sitting height
Torso breadth
Limb breadth (Medial to lateral
edge)
5. Torso depth (in mid-sagittal plane)
6. Torso circumference
7. Limb circumference
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EXAMPLES
23. Acromial Height
32. Acromion to
Dactylion length
38. Distance from
acromion to radiale
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EXAMPLES
90. Axilla height
93. Back curvature –
circumference of back
the left to the right
mid-axillary point at
chest level
103. Biacromial breadth
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MORE PICTURES
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MORE PICTURES
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NUMBER OF MEASUREMENTS
• There are a total of 973
measurements to be taken from each
subject
• This is to obtain a complete set of
anthropological measurements
• For automotive applications, such
detail is not necessary
• Consult GEBOD to see which
measurements are needed
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COMPLETE LIST OF
MEASUREMENTS
• To download this list of measurements,
go to the following link:
Anthrolist.bme.wayne.edu
• A copy of these slides will also be
available on this link
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Albert I. King
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Wayne State University
818 W. Hancock
Detroit, MI 48201
313 577-1347
313 577-8333 (fax)
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