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Anthropometry
simply means "measurement of people". The word is derived from the Greek
¡¥anthros¡¦ meaning man, and ¡¥metron¡¦ meaning measure.
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More formally it is
the study of the size, shape and strength of the human body, including,
mass, volumes, mobility, proportions, centers of gravity, and inertial
properties of the whole body and body segments.
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Anthropometrics is the practice of anthropometry and involves the
collection, analysis and application of anthropometric data. |