January 7, 2014

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

BME 207 Introduction to Biomechanics Spring 2014

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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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)

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Table 3: Body Segment Masses in kilograms

Body Male FemaleName Segment 5th% 50th% 95th% 5th% 50th% 95th%Lower torso (pelvis) 1 8.24 10.00 11.99 8.27 10.00 12.11Middle torso (lumbar) 2 9.01 10.95 13.13 5.45 6.59 7.98Upper torso (chest) 3 15.30 18.58 22.28 7.69 9.30 11.25Upper arm 4, 9 1.84 2.23 2.67 1.41 1.71 2.07Lower arm 5, 10 1.14 1.39 1.66 0.84 1.02 1.24Hand 6, 11 0.43 0.52 0.63 0.34 0.42 0.50Neck 7 1.48 1.80 2.16 1.20 1.45 1.76Head 8 4.07 4.95 5.93 3.31 4.01 4.85Upper leg 12, 15 6.96 8.45 10.13 6.22 7.53 9.11Lower leg 13, 16 2.84 3.45 4.14 2.24 2.71 3.28Foot 14, 17 0.85 1.03 1.23 0.71 0.86 1.04Total 66.22 80.42 96.41 49.44 59.85 72.43

Adapted from RL Huston, Principles of Biomechanics (CRC Press 2009)

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Figure 1Body segment lengths expressed as a percentage of height (H): U.S. female

Stature

Eye

Chin

Knee

Shoulder

Wrist

Fingertips

Hip

Ankle

Elbow

Buttock

Adapted from Renato Contini, “Body Segment Parameters, Part II”;Artifical Limbs 16(1):1–19 (Spring 1972)

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Figure 2Body segment lengths expressed as a percentage of height (H): U.S. male

Eye

Chin

Elbow

Shoulder

Wrist

Hip

Ankle

Stature

Fingertips

Chest

Buttock

Knee

Adapted from Renato Contini, “Body Segment Parameters, Part II”;Artifical Limbs 16(1):1–19 (Spring 1972)

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