1. KANPraxis: Anthropometric data
  2. What are the influencing factors?

What factors influence or change anthropometric data in practice?

Human body dimensions are measured in accordance with definitions of dimensions (EN ISO 7250-1, DIN 33402-1 etc.). This generally means that the person being studied must adopt precisely defined standard positions. In practice, body dimensions are influenced, and thereby changed, by a range of factors.

The most important factors influencing a body dimension measured in a defined standard position