Anthropometric Data

Contains illustrated anthropometric tables, which provide the most current data available on human body size, organized by age and percentile groupings.

Includes sizes of people; seating considerations; requirements for the handicapped and elderly. Men, women, and children--large and small--are represented.

Excellent tool for anyone who is interested in designing equipment for maximum operator efficiency, comfort, and safety. A mass of data on human engineering is included.

Includes information on large, average and small men, women, children and handicapped persons. Many applications of human engineering are illustrated in the manual; for example, a cockpit, an auto driver's compartment, a tractor cab, and consoles are shown in detail.

Featuring more than 200 anthropometric drawings, this handbook is filled with all of the essential measurements of the human body and its relationship to the designed environment.

A wealth of information on anthropometry is included, exploring the size and mobility of the human body and the various ways of designing for different sizes--there is no "average" person.

The book illustrates various approaches to measuring the characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of those who differ from the norm. Contains various body measurements.

A comprehensive sourcebook of reference data for health professionals involved in evaluating people with abnormal features or syndromes. It includes many graphs, tables, and charts needed by clinicians to define normal patterns of growth and provides standards of comparison for possible congenital abnormalities.

The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS) was implemented between 1997 and 2003 to generate new curves for assessing the growth and development of children the world over. The MGRS collected primary growth data and related information from 8440 healthy breastfed infants and young children from diverse ethnic backgrounds and cultural settings (Brazil, Ghana, India, Norway, Oman and USA). A key component of the MGRS design was a longitudinal cohort of children who were examined in a sequence of 21 visits starting at birth and ending at 24 months of age. A principal rationale for the longitudinal component was to allow for the development of growth velocity standards. The increments on which the velocity standards are based were calculated using the same longitudinal sample of 882 children and statistical approaches as those used in the construction of the attained growth standards. The velocity standards presented in this report provide a set of tools for monitoring the rapid and changing rate of growth in early childhood and can be used to assess children everywhere, regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic status and type of feeding.