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January 7, 2014

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND


Department 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 1.16
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)
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Table 2: Standing and Sitting Dimensions in meters
Male Female
Name Dimension 5th% 50th% 95th% 5th% 50th% 95th%
Stature A 1.649 1.759 1.869 1.518 1.618 1.724
Eye height (standing) B 1.545 1.644 1.748 1.427 1.520 1.630
Mid shoulder height C 1.346 1.444 1.564 1.210 1.314 1.441
Waist height D 0.993 1.102 1.168 0.907 0.985 1.107
Buttocks height E 0.761 0.839 0.919 0.691 0.742 0.832
Sitting height F 0.859 0.927 0.975 0.797 0.853 0.911
Eye height (sitting) G 0.743 0.800 0.855 0.692 0.743 0.791
Upper arm length H 0.333 0.361 0.389 0.306 0.332 0.358
Lower arm + hand length I 0.451 0.483 0.517 0.396 0.428 0.458
Upper leg length J 0.558 0.605 0.660 0.531 0.578 0.628
Lower 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 Female
Name Segment 5th% 50th% 95th% 5th% 50th% 95th%
Lower torso (pelvis) 1 8.24 10.00 11.99 8.27 10.00 12.11
Middle torso (lumbar) 2 9.01 10.95 13.13 5.45 6.59 7.98
Upper torso (chest) 3 15.30 18.58 22.28 7.69 9.30 11.25
Upper arm 4, 9 1.84 2.23 2.67 1.41 1.71 2.07
Lower arm 5, 10 1.14 1.39 1.66 0.84 1.02 1.24
Hand 6, 11 0.43 0.52 0.63 0.34 0.42 0.50
Neck 7 1.48 1.80 2.16 1.20 1.45 1.76
Head 8 4.07 4.95 5.93 3.31 4.01 4.85
Upper leg 12, 15 6.96 8.45 10.13 6.22 7.53 9.11
Lower leg 13, 16 2.84 3.45 4.14 2.24 2.71 3.28
Foot 14, 17 0.85 1.03 1.23 0.71 0.86 1.04
Total 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 1
Body 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;
Artical Limbs 16(1):119 (Spring 1972)
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Figure 2
Body 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;
Artical Limbs 16(1):119 (Spring 1972)
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