LIFESCI 3J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Weighted Arithmetic Mean, Anthropometry, Tape Measure
9 Oct 2016
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Life sci 3j03 lecture 12 - anthropometry. Will get test back and he will take it up. The science that deals with the measurement of size, mass, shape and inertial properties of the human body. Body segment lengths can be measured fairly easily and accurately on living human subjects by using a cloth tape measure. Can make simplifying assumption that all humans have similar segment length ratios of their whole body height, can use figure below. Total body height is represented by h and the dimension of length of important segments is given by the portion of h. Fairly useful as first approximation but of course everyone is different. Find the forearm length of a person with a total body height of 1. 8m: length = 0. 146h = 0. 146(1. 8) = 0. 263m. Find the thigh length of a person who has a height of 1. 58m: length = 0. 53h 0. 285h = 0. 245(1. 58) = 0. 387m.
