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Anthropometry and Biomechanics

Theory and Application

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Ronald Easterby

    1. University of Aston, Birmingham, England

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  2. K. H. E. Kroemer

    1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

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  3. Don B. Chaffin

    1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato Conference Series (NATOCS, volume 16)

Part of the book sub series: III Human Factors (HF)

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Opening Address

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Postural Research — The Next Challenge to Anthropometrics and Biomechanics

      • Etienne Grandjean
      Pages 3-6

  3. Data Acquisition Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Fundamentals of Anthropometric Survey Measurement Techniques

      • Richard G. Snyder
      Pages 9-14

    3. Evolution of the Techniques of Data Collecting and Processing in Biometry

      • G. Ignazi, R. Mollard
      Pages 15-15

    4. Results of Large-Scale Anthropometric Surveys

      • Hans W. Jurgens
      Pages 17-23

    5. The Human Machine in Three Dimensions: Implications for Measurement and Analysis

      • Herbert M. Reynolds
      Pages 25-34

    6. An Anthropometric Data Bank: Its Hidden Dimensions

      • John T. McConville, Charles E. Clauser
      Pages 35-42
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Aston, Birmingham, England

    Ronald Easterby

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

    K. H. E. Kroemer

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Don B. Chaffin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Anthropometry and Biomechanics

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Application

  • Editors: Ronald Easterby, K. H. E. Kroemer, Don B. Chaffin

  • Series Title: Nato Conference Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1098-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-1100-3Published: 18 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-1098-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 328

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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