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    • Overview: Where can I obtain data?
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  • 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?
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  1. KANPraxis: Anthropometric data
  2. Design or standardization?

Objective: design or standardization?

This online guide is intended to encourage you to make use of anthropometric data during your work in design or on standards committees. It enables you to make even greater use of available data during design and standardization work, and at the same time to avoid errors in application.

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What prompted development of this guide? What was the objective?

What bodies consistitute the project partners and project support group?

What recommendations are made by the "Anthropometrics guide" working group?

Objective of the guide

Are you involved in design work?

Are you involved in standardization work?

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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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