• Bertrand Samuel
• Skalli Wafa
• Delacherie Laurent
• Bonneau Dominique
• Kalifa Gabriel
• Mitton David

Ergonomics

• Publish Date: Dec 2006
• ISSN: 0014-0139
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 15
• Pages: 1547-64
• Medium: Print
• Language: English
• Citation (JAMA): Bertrand Samuel, Skalli Wafa, Delacherie Laurent, et al. External and Internal Geometry of European Adults.. Dec 2006;49:1547-64

Abstract

The primary objective of the study was to bring a deeper knowledge of the human anthropometry, investigating the external and internal body geometry of small women, mid-sized men and tall men. Sixty-four healthy European adults were recruited. External measurements were performed using classical anthropometric instruments. Internal measurements of the trunk bones were performed using a stereo-radiographic 3D reconstruction technique. Besides the original procedure presented in this paper for performing in vivo geometrical data acquisition on numerous volunteers, this study provides an extensive description of both external and internal (trunk skeleton) human body geometry for three morphotypes. Moreover, this study proposes a global external and internal geometrical description of 5th female 50th male and 95th male percentile subjects. This study resulted in a unique geometrical database enabling improvement for numerical models of the human body for crash test simulation and offering numerous possibilities in the anthropometry field.

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