DIMENSIONS OF DIMENSIONS OF ANTHROPOMETRY: ANTHROPOMETRY: CONVENTION OR EXPANSION CONVENTION OR EXPANSION SHRAWAN KUMAR SHRAWAN KUMAR PhD,DSc,FErgS,FRSC PhD,DSc,FErgS,FRSC PROFESSOR EMERITUS PROFESSOR EMERITUS UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
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DIMENSIONS OF DIMENSIONS OF ANTHROPOMETRY: ANTHROPOMETRY:
ANTHROPOMETRY DEALS WITH ANTHROPOMETRY DEALS WITH MEASURE OF HUMANKINDMEASURE OF HUMANKIND
SIZE IS IMPORTANTSIZE IS IMPORTANT
IT DOES MATTERIT DOES MATTER
ANTHROPOMETRYANTHROPOMETRY
•• IS SIZE THE MEASURE OF HUMAN ?IS SIZE THE MEASURE OF HUMAN ?
WE ALL HAVE HEARDWE ALL HAVE HEARD
SIZE IS NO MEASURE OF MAN (HUMAN)SIZE IS NO MEASURE OF MAN (HUMAN)
BUT, IS SIZE THE ONLY MEASURE OF WORKING BUT, IS SIZE THE ONLY MEASURE OF WORKING HUMAN ?HUMAN ?
PROBABLY NOT !PROBABLY NOT !
ANTHROPOMETRYANTHROPOMETRY
•• SIZE IS ONE OF MANY VARIABLE OF SIZE IS ONE OF MANY VARIABLE OF ANY WORKING HUMANANY WORKING HUMAN
•• SIZE IS UNIQUE TO THE INDIVIDUALSIZE IS UNIQUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL•• INDIVIDUALS VARYINDIVIDUALS VARY•• COLLECTION OF VARIABLES COLLECTION OF VARIABLES
CHARACTERIZES A WORKING CHARACTERIZES A WORKING INDIVIDUAL MORE MEANINGFULLY INDIVIDUAL MORE MEANINGFULLY AND REFLECTS THEIR PHYSICALLY AND REFLECTS THEIR PHYSICALLY FUNCTIONING INDIVIDUALITYFUNCTIONING INDIVIDUALITY
PERFORMANCE IS A RESULT PERFORMANCE IS A RESULT OF INTEGRATED EFFORT OF:OF INTEGRATED EFFORT OF:
•• PHYSICAL FACTORSPHYSICAL FACTORS
•• COGNITIVE FACTORSCOGNITIVE FACTORS
•• PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORSPSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS
•• CULTURAL FACTORS (SOMETIMES)CULTURAL FACTORS (SOMETIMES)
PHYSICAL FACTORSPHYSICAL FACTORS
FUNCTIONALFUNCTIONAL
•• STRENGTHSTRENGTH•• SPEEDSPEED•• RANGE OF MOTIONRANGE OF MOTION•• ENDURANCE ENDURANCE •• AEROBIC CAPACITYAEROBIC CAPACITY•• PRECISIONPRECISION•• DEXTERITY etc.DEXTERITY etc.
STRUCTURALSTRUCTURAL
•• BODY SIZEBODY SIZE•• MOMENT ARMMOMENT ARM•• MUSCLE CSAMUSCLE CSA•• JOB & BODY JOB & BODY
•• IN THE CASE OF LIFTING STRENGTHIN THE CASE OF LIFTING STRENGTH
STANDARDSSTANDARDS
•• ILO : ILO : –– Men 24 kg Men 24 kg –– Women 21kgWomen 21kg
•• NIOSH: Action LimitNIOSH: Action Limit–– 3400 N 3400 N LumbosacralLumbosacral compressioncompression–– 3.5 Kcal/min Energy cost3.5 Kcal/min Energy cost–– Acceptable to 99% males and 75% femalesAcceptable to 99% males and 75% females–– Epidemiological risk of injury lowEpidemiological risk of injury low
Isokinetic and Isometric (with hip at 90 ) stoop-lift strength (Males)o
Isokinetic and Isometric (with knee at 90 ) squat-lift strength (Males)o