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The subject should wear minimal clothing and
no shoes. Pockets should be
emptied. For seated measurements (numbers 2
and 4-10 above), knees and
ankles should form right angles, by the use
of plywood boards, 1/2 inch
thick, beneath the feet.
Measurement for occupational health are
always taken on the right side
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1. Stature
The vertical distance from the floor to the
vertex (i.e. the crown of the
head).
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2. Sitting height
The vertical distance from the sitting
surface to the vertex.
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3. Weight
Nude body weight is measured by a physician
scale.
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4. Buttock-knee length
The subject sits erect, knees together,
hands in lap, popliteal fossae (hollows at the back of the knee) at the
front edge of the table or sitting surface. The measurement is made
between the cross-bars of the anthropometer, from the most posterior
protrusion of the sacral area to the foremost edge of the patella
(kneecap).
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5. Knee height above ground
The subject sits erect, heels and knees
together. The anthropometer is held vertically and the measurement is
made from the top of the footboard to the top of the knee just behind
the patella, with the horizontal bar of the anthropometer in light
contact with the leg.
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6. Breath across elbows ("biepi-condylar")
The subject sits erect, knees together,
forearms at right angles to upper arms, tightly as possible to the
sides. The measurement is made with an anthropometer, across the humeral
epicondyles (lateral projections of the elbows) with firm pressure.
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7. Breadth across hips ("bitrochantergic")
The subject sits erect, knees together,
hands on knees. The measurement is made with an anthropometer, across
the greatest lateral protrusion on each side of the buttocks, using
light but sure contact to compress the clothing but not the body.
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8. Buttock-popliteal length
The subject sits erect, hands on knees,
popliteal fossae at the edge of the sitting surface. The measurement is
made with an anthropometer, from the inner edge of a backboard (held in
light contact with the subject's back, at right angles to the sitting
surface) to the front end of the sitting surface.
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9. Popliteal height above ground
The subject sits relaxed. The measurement is
made with the anthropometer from the top of the footboard to the top of
the sitting surface.
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10. Thigh clearance
The subject sits erect, knees and heels
together, right hand on left shoulder. The measurement is made with an
anthropometer, from the top of the sitting surface to the junction of
abdomen and thigh, with the cross-bar in firm contact to compress
clothing. If no clothing is worn, light contact is made with the skin.
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11. Shoulder-elbow length
The subject may stand or sit. His upper arm
hangs vertical at his side, making a right angle with the forearm. The
fixed cross-bar of the anthropometer is placed on the acromion process
(the uppermost bony point on the lateral aspect of the shoulder), and
the movable cross-bar is raised until it makes firm contact with the
olecranon process (bottom of elbow). The main anthropometer bar is held
vertical.
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12. Elbow-middle finger length
The subject may stand or sit, holding his
upper arm and forearm as for (11) above. With the main anthropometer bar
parallel to the forearm, the fixed cross-bar touches the olecranon
process (behind the elbow) and the movable arm makes light contact with
the tip of the middle finger, held stiffly.
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13. Hand length
The subject holds his right hand straight,
fingers open stiffly. With the shaft of the small sliding calliper
parallel to the long axis of the subject's hand, the fixed cross-bar is
hooked behind the proximal border (away from the fingertips towards the
wrist) of the navicular bone at the base of the thumb. The movable bar
of the calliper makes
light contact with the distal end of the
middle fingertip.
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14. Hand breadth
The hand is held straight, fingers stiffly
extended (as in (13) above). With the shaft of the sliding calliper held
perpendicular to the long axis of the hand, the fixed cross-bar is
hooked behind the radial surface (towards the thumb) of the joint
between the metacarpal and proximal phalanx of the second finger. The
movable cross-bar makes firm contact with the ulnar (away from the
thumb) surface of the corresponding knuckle of the fifth finger.
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15. Hand grip diameter
The subject is given his choice of cylinders
graduated in 5 mm stages. His grip diameter is that of the cylinder that
feels most comfortable to his grasp.
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