Anthropometry and Biomechanics of Selected Populations
Author : Snyder, Richard G.
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Page : 66 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
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Author : Snyder, Richard G.
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Page : 66 pages
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Author : Ronald Easterby
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1468410989
Assessment of the physical dimensions of the human body and application of this knowledge to the design of tools, equip ment, and work are certainly among the oldest arts and sciences. It would be an easy task if all anthropometric dimensions, of all people, would follow a general rule. Thus, philosophers and artists embedded their ideas about the most aesthetic proportions into ideal schemes of perfect proportions. "Golden sections" were developed in ancient India, China, Egypt, and Greece, and more recently by Leonardo DaVinci, or Albrecht Durer. However, such canons are fictive since actual human dimensions and proportions vary greatly among individuals. The different physical appearances often have been associated with mental, physiological and behavioral characteristics of the individuals. Hypocrates (about 460-377 BC) taught that there are four temperaments (actually, body fluids) represented by four body types. The psychiatrist Ernst Kretchmer (1888-1964) proposed that three typical somatotypes (pyknic, athletic, aesthenic) could reflect human character traits. Since the 1940's, W. H. Sheldon and his coworkers devised a system of three body physiques (endo-, meso-, ectomorphic). The classification was originally qualitative, and only recently has been developed to include actual measurements.
Author : Committee on Human Factors
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 11,7 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Anthropometry
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Automobiles
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Page : 440 pages
File Size : 25,44 MB
Release : 1978
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This three-volume publication brings together a large mass of anthropometric data which define the physical size, mass distribution properties, and dynamic capabilities of U.S. and selected foreign adult populations. Aimed specifically to. meet the needs of design engineers engaged in the design and execution of clothing, equipment, and workspaces for the NASA Space Shuttle Program, the book is also. designed to be of use to human engineers in a wide variety of fields. It is not only a comprehensive source of specific anthropometric information but also a guide to the effective applications of such data. Subjects covered in Volume I include physical changes in the zero-g environment, variability in body size, mass distribution properties of the human body, arm and leg reach, joint motion, strength, sizing and design of. clothing and workspaces, and statistical guidelines. Material presented includes such unpublished anthropometric data measured under one-g and zero-g conditions. Also included are 1985 body size projections and actual cutouts of quarter-scale two-dimensional manikins for use by designers. Volume II contains data resulting from surveys of 61 military and civilian populations of both sexes from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Some 295 measured variables are defined and illustrated. Volume III is an annotated bibliography covering a broad spectrum of topics relevant to applied physical anthropology with emphasis on anthropometry and its applications in sizing and design.
Author : Matthew Bret Weinger
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2010-12-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420063510
Developed to promote the design of safe, effective, and usable medical devices, Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design provides a single convenient source of authoritative information to support evidence-based design and evaluation of medical device user interfaces using rigorous human factors engineering principles. It offers guidance
Author : David Arthur Barondess
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Page : 450 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Adaptation (Physiology)
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Author : Ronald Easterby
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Page : 340 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 1982-05-01
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Author : Roger G. Eston
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 12,36 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Anthropometry
ISBN : 0415437210
Kinanthropometrics is the study of the human body size and somatotypes and their quantitative relationships with exercise and nutrition. This is the third edition of a successful text on the subject.
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 29,74 MB
Release : 1978
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