Engineering Anthropometry - Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics - page 191

TABLE 9.6 Anthropometric Data (mm) of Adults in Great Britain and France

Britain France

Men Women Men Women

Dimension Mean Std. Dev. Mean Std. Dev. Mean Std. Dev. Mean Std. Dev.

1. Stature 1740 70 1610 62 1747 nda 1620 nda

2. Eye height, standing 1630 69 1505 61 nda nda nda nda

3. Shoulder height (acromion),
standing

1425 66 1310 58 1434 nda 1331 nda

4. Elbow height standing 1090 52 1005 46 nda nda nda nda

5. Hip height (trochanter) 920 50 810 43 918 nda 844 nda

6. Knuckle height, standing 755 41 720 36 nda nda nda nda

7. Fingertip height, standing 655 38 625 38 nda nda nda nda

8. Sitting height 910 36 850 35 918 nda 867 nda

9. Sitting eye height 790 35 740 33 819 nda 772 nda

10. Sitting shoulder height
(acromion)

595 32 555 31 nda nda nda nda

11. Sitting elbow height 245 31 235 29 nda nda nda nda

12. Sitting thigh height
(clearance)

160 15 155 17 nda nda nda nda

13. Sitting knee height 545 32 500 27 533 nda 487 nda

14. Sitting popliteal height 440 29 400 27 nda nda nda nda

15. Shoulder-elbow length 365 20 330 17 365 nda 332 nda

16. Elbow-fingertip length 475 21 430 19 472 nda 427 nda

17. Overhead grip reach, sitting 1245 60 1150 53 nda nda nda nda

18. Overhead grip reach, standing 2060 80 1905 71 nda nda nda nda

19. Forward grip reach 780 34 705 31 nda nda nda nda

20. Arm length, vertical 780 36 705 32 nda nda nda nda

21. Downward grip reach 665 32 600 29 nda nda nda nda

22. Chest depth 250 22 250 27 nda nda nda nda

23. Abdominal depth, sitting 270 32 255 30 nda nda nda nda

24. Buttock-knee depth, sitting 595 31 570 30 595 nda 569 nda

25. Buttock-popliteal depth,
sitting

495 32 480 30 nda nda nda nda

26. Shoulder breadth
(biacromial)

400 20 355 18 382 nda 340 nda

27. Shoulder breadth (bideltoid) 465 28 395 24 457 nda 410 nda

28. Hip breadth, sitting 360 29 370 38 342 nda 346 nda

29. Span 1790 83 1605 71 nda nda nda nda

30. Elbow span 945 47 850 43 nda nda nda nda

31. Head length 195 8 180 7 155 nda 148 nda

32. Head breadth 155 6 145 6 142 nda 134 nda

33. Hand length 190 10 175 9 190 nda 173 nda

34. Hand breadth 85 5 75 4 86 nda 76 nda

35. Foot length 265 14 235 12 264 nda 237 nda

36. Foot breadth 95 6 90 6 101 nda 91 nda

37. Weight (in kg) 75 12 63 11 70 nda 58 nda

Note: British Adults, 19 to 35 yr of age, according to Pheasant (1986, 1996) who estimated the data in or before
1986. French Adults, 18 to 51 yr of age, according to Coblentz, A (1997), personal communication of 22 April 1997
regarding ERGODATA taken on 1015 French Soldiers (687 males, 328 females). Data measured in or before 1997.
nda: no data available.

For sets of highly correlated data, one can establish an estimate E of a ratio scaling factor for a desired
dimension (d y ) in the population sample Y if :

. The value of that dimension in sample X (d x ) is known
. The values of a reference dimension D in both samples X and Y (D x and D y ) are known