ESTIMATION OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL HUMAN BODY DIMENSIONS FROM FEW EXTERNAL MEASUREMENTS

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 191-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Bertrand ◽  
Ivan Kojadinovic ◽  
Wafa Skalli ◽  
David Mitton
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Body Measurements ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
Body Dimensions ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
Linear Statistical Models ◽  
Internal Body

Purpose. The primary objective of the study was to determine a way to obtain subject-specific body dimensions. The aim was then to develop linear statistical models for estimating human body geometry from a small number of body measurements. Methods. Internal (bone dimensions) and external (body) measurements were collected on 64 healthy adults representative of three morphotypes. Simple and multiple linear regression models between external and internal body dimensions were then obtained and assessed. Results. The statistical analysis provided 184 anthropometrical models which allow estimation of subject-specific external and internal data from 10 external dimensions that can be easily measured on any subject. Among them, 62 models had a 2SEE (i.e. twice the Standard Error of Estimate) lower than 10%. Conclusion. This study proposes a non-invasive approach to estimate both external and internal body dimensions.

Measuring and modeling human bodies with a novel relocatable mechatronic sensor-net

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (19-20) ◽  
pp. 4131-4147
Author(s):  
Jituo Li ◽  
Qiwei Yu ◽  
Haocai Xu ◽  
Guodong Lu ◽  
Dongliang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Human Model ◽  
Body Measurements ◽  
Body Measurement ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Anthropometric Parameter ◽  
Body Dimensions ◽  
Human Modeling

Anthropometric parameter based human modeling has been attractively explored and applied in human body related product design industries. However, how to conveniently obtain precise anthropometric parameters and how to make the human modeling results fit the anthropometric parameters well are still unsolved problems. In this paper, a smart garment attached with a mechatronic sensor-net has been designed to measure multiple body dimensions precisely and simultaneously. Geometrically, this sensor-net corresponds to a feature curve-net. A 3D human model is statistically reconstructed with body measurements initially and is further optimized with the shape constraints from the feature curve-net. Experimental results verify the effectiveness of our approach in both human body measurement and 3D human body modeling.

Ergonomics Significance of Divers Anthropometry

2011 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 175-178
Author(s):  
Qing Hua Yu ◽  
Ze Yue Gu ◽  
Jian Fang
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Body Measurements ◽  
Human Body Model ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
Body Dimensions ◽  
Body Model ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Chinese Male ◽  
Normal Adults

In this paper, the measurement result of the mean, standard deviation, the maximum value, the minimum value, and the 5th, 50th, 95th percentile data of the 95 item were given by measuring 234 divers. Height, weight and chest circumference were compared and analyzed with Chinese male adult human body dimensions. The ergonomics of body measurements in the application of diving industry were discussed. The paper emphasis when designing or building diving apparatus and rescuing equipment, we should not be completely according to the human body data of normal adults. Need to establish human body model of divers, and search the rule of divers.

Applied Dimensions in Biomedical Anthropology

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 5-5
Author(s):  
Linda Valleroy
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
Systematic Measurement ◽  
Body Measurements ◽  
Body Dimensions ◽  
Longitudinal Changes

Anthropometry, the systematic measurement of human body dimensions and composition using standardized procedures, has long been one of the physical anthropologist's most important methods. Early work in biomedical anthropology used anthropometric variables to test associations among body types, body characteristics, and diseases. Today there is a renewed interest in anthropometry, ratios and equations derived from anthropometric measurements, and longitudinal changes in body measurements, for evaluating health and understanding disease in individuals and populations. The measurement of the human body is once again at the forefront of applied biomedical anthropology.

Portable And Non-Invasive Device For The Measurement Of Physiological Parameters Of Human Body

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Raksha Diwakar ◽  
◽  
Sheikh Rafik Manihar Ahmed ◽  
Jayant Rajpurohit ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Invasive Device

scholarly journals Salivary cortisol as a non-invasive approach to assess stress in dystocic dairy calves

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Levente Kovács ◽  
Fruzsina Luca Kézér ◽  
Szilárd Bodó ◽  
Ferenc Ruff ◽  
Rupert Palme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Sampling Period ◽  
Dairy Calves ◽  
Birth Process ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Saliva Cortisol ◽  
Cortisol Levels

AbstractThe intensity and the magnitude of saliva cortisol responses were investigated during the first 48 h following birth in newborn dairy calves which underwent normal (eutocic, EUT, n = 88) and difficult (dystocic, DYS, n = 70) calvings. The effects of parity and body condition of the dam, the duration of parturition, the time spent licking the calf, the sex and birth weight of the calf were also analyzed. Neonatal salivary cortisol concentrations were influenced neither by factors related to the dam (parity, body condition) nor the calf (sex, birth weight). The duration of parturition and the time spent licking the calf also had no effect on salivary cortisol levels. Salivary cortisol concentrations increased rapidly after delivery in both groups to reach their peak levels at 45 and 60 min after delivery in EUT and DYS calves, respectively supporting that the birth process means considerable stress for calves and the immediate postnatal period also appears to be stressful for newborn calves. DYS calves exhibited higher salivary cortisol concentrations compared to EUT ones for 0 (P = 0.022), 15 (P = 0.016), 30 (P = 0.007), 45 (P = 0.003), 60 (P = 0.001) and 120 min (P = 0.001), and for 24 h (P = 0.040), respectively. Peak levels of salivary cortisol and the cortisol release into saliva calculated as AUC were higher in DYS than in EUT calves for the 48-h of the sampling period (P = 0.009 and P = 0.003, respectively). The greater magnitude of saliva cortisol levels in DYS calves compared to EUT ones suggest that difficult parturition means severe stress for bovine neonates and salivary cortisol could be an opportunity for non-invasive assessment of stress during the early neonatal period in cattle.

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