US) Paldi, Ahmedabad, India: National Institute. If you are designing a chair, a desk, or a car, you would want access to these measurements so you can ensure your product will work for most people. Indian Anthropometric Dimensions for Ergonomic Design Practice By Debkumar Chakrabarti, pages, Rs (approx. It is used in many industries for design. ao Purnomo H, Fajriyanto, Mulyati (216) Design of School Furniture for First to SithGrade Classrooms in Special Region of ogyakarta, R ndonesia. Weight, standing height, upper-leg length, upper-arm length, mid-upper arm circumference, waist circumference, and sagittal abdominal diameter are measured for most subjects, with head circumference and recumbent length added on for infants. That makes sense as it was collected originally from troops who were required to keep under certain body weight the groups would have included far fewer women than men as well.
Army Anthropometric Survey (ANSUR): Published in 1988, it has hundreds of different measures for both men and women, although it is weak for some target populations and high BMI-individuals.
