What is anthropometry?
The word anthropometry comes from the Greek words anthropos , which means "human" and meter , which means "measurement". Anthropometry is a branch of social science about anthropology, which deals with the measurement of the human body. Such a study can be conducted to understand the relative shares of the body under different conditions and also to understand the extent possible for human beings. The field is also referred to as "anthropometric measurement". Standard measurements may include weight; standing and seating height; the length of the upper arm and foot; arm, waist, hips and thighs; Body width at several points and skin measurement. These measurements are carried out with the body in specified positions to be compared in time and from man to man.
Adata ntropometry are collected for various reasons. It can help study the relationship between diet, nutrition and health. Can help understand the relationship between obesity and illness and predict the person who can be endangered by certain diseases such as diabetes mellitus, arthriTIDA, cancer, cardiovascular disease, bile stones and hypertension. Data is also used to revise the child's growth graphs that pediatricians use to determine whether the height and weight of children is within the normal range.
Anthropometry is an element of FELS Longitudinal Study, a FELS Research Institute project, which began in 1929. The study focuses on the areas of physical growth and maturation, as well as the composition of the body and the tests that continue from birth to adulthood. FEL participants are measured according to testing plan, which focuses on developmental phases and major changes.
Anthropometry also has other applications, for example in the ergonomic design of the workplace. Uses static or structural measurement of anthropometry and dynamic or functional measurement of anthropometry in designing equipment and equipment that will probably be usable most people and adjustable if the user's properties are too wide notbo cannot be easily specified.
ergonomic solutions can also take into account information as gender differences and morphology of the body, and combine this information with anthropometric measurements on arrival with suggestions. The effects of changing conditions, such as the time of day, age and pregnancy, can also be considered. Anthropometrics of a wheelchair is a specialized subfield.