UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering BME 207 Introduction to Biomechanics Anthropometric Data Table 1: Normalized Mass and Length of Body Segments (Standard Human) Center of Mass / Segment Mass / Segment Length Density Segment Total Body Mass Proximal Distal (kg/l) Hand 0.006 0.506 0.494 1.16 Forearm 0.016 0.430 0.570 1.13 Upper Arm 0.028 0.436 0.564 1.07 Forearm and Hand 0.022 0.682 0.318 1.14 Total Arm 0.050 0.530 0.470 1.11 Foot 0.0145 0.500 0.500 1.10 Lower Leg (calf) 0.0465 0.433 0.567 1.09 Foot and Lower Leg 0.061 0.606 0.394 1.09 Upper Leg (thigh) 0.100 0.433 0.567 1.05 Total Leg 0.161 0.447 0.553 1.06 Head and Neck 0.081 1.000 — 1.11 Trunk 0.497 0.500 0.500 1.03 Adapted from DA Winter, Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, 3rd edition (John Wiley & Sons 2005) -1-
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UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
BME 207 Introduction to Biomechanics
Anthropometric Data
Table 1: Normalized Mass and Length of Body Segments (Standard Human)
Center of Mass /Segment Mass / Segment Length Density
Segment Total Body Mass Proximal Distal (kg/l)Hand 0.006 0.506 0.494 1.16Forearm 0.016 0.430 0.570 1.13Upper Arm 0.028 0.436 0.564 1.07Forearm and Hand 0.022 0.682 0.318 1.14Total Arm 0.050 0.530 0.470 1.11Foot 0.0145 0.500 0.500 1.10Lower Leg (calf) 0.0465 0.433 0.567 1.09Foot and Lower Leg 0.061 0.606 0.394 1.09Upper Leg (thigh) 0.100 0.433 0.567 1.05Total Leg 0.161 0.447 0.553 1.06Head and Neck 0.081 1.000 — 1.11Trunk 0.497 0.500 0.500 1.03
Adapted from DA Winter, Biomechanics and Motor Controlof Human Movement, 3rd edition (John Wiley & Sons 2005)
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BME 207 - Anthropometric Data
Table 2: Standing and Sitting Dimensions in meters
Male FemaleName Dimension 5th% 50th% 95th% 5th% 50th% 95th%Stature A 1.649 1.759 1.869 1.518 1.618 1.724Eye height (standing) B 1.545 1.644 1.748 1.427 1.520 1.630Mid shoulder height C 1.346 1.444 1.564 1.210 1.314 1.441Waist height D 0.993 1.102 1.168 0.907 0.985 1.107Buttocks height E 0.761 0.839 0.919 0.691 0.742 0.832Sitting height F 0.859 0.927 0.975 0.797 0.853 0.911Eye height (sitting) G 0.743 0.800 0.855 0.692 0.743 0.791Upper arm length H 0.333 0.361 0.389 0.306 0.332 0.358Lower arm + hand length I 0.451 0.483 0.517 0.396 0.428 0.458Upper leg length J 0.558 0.605 0.660 0.531 0.578 0.628Lower leg length K 0.506 0.553 0.599 0.461 0.502 0.546
Adapted from RL Huston, Principles of Biomechanics (CRC Press 2009)