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  • Design or standardization?
    • Overview: Design or standardization?
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  • Where can I obtain data?
    • Overview: Where can I obtain data?
    • Standards
    • Manuals
    • Scientific journals
  • Are the data suitable?
    • Overview: Are the data suitable?
    • How are body dimensions presented?
    • How are body dimensions measured?
    • What are percentiles?
    • How are percentiles used?
    • Important: Do not simply combine percentiles!
    • Influence of geographical origin
    • Influence of age
    • Influence of gender
    • Unisex model
    • Up-to-dateness of anthropometric data
  • What are the influencing factors?
    • Overview: What are the influencing factors?
    • Comfortable body posture
    • Movement
    • Summation of body dimensions
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  1. KANPraxis: Anthropometric data
  2. Are the data suitable?

Are the data suitable?

How can I determine whether the data are appropriate to my case?

How are body dimensions presented?

How are body dimensions measured?

What are percentiles?

How are percentiles used?

Important: Do not simply combine percentiles.

What influencing factors must be considered?

Influence of the geographical origin

Influence of age

Influence of sex

Unisex model

Up-to-dateness of human body measurements

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Find answers step by step with the guide:

  • Design or standardization?
    • Objective of the guide
    • Are you involved in design work?
    • Are you involved in standardization work?
  • Where can I obtain data?
    • Standards
    • Manuals
    • Scientific journals
  • Are the data suitable?
    • How are body dimensions presented?
    • How are body dimensions measured?
    • What are percentiles?
    • How are percentiles used?
    • Important: Do not simply combine percentiles!
    • Influence of geographical origin
    • Influence of age
    • Influence of gender
    • Unisex model
    • Up-to-dateness of anthropometric data
  • What are the influencing factors?
    • Comfortable body posture
    • Movement
    • Summation of body dimensions
    • Clothing
    • Contact environment
    • Hair, hairstyle and fingernails

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