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Sources of Anthropometric Variability

There are several sources of anthropometric variability according to the document: 1. Body posture and position can affect body measurements depending on how the body is positioned during an activity. Standard positions need to be considered when taking anthropometric data. 2. Occupation can impact body size and proportions with manual laborers tending to be larger on average than other occupations. Culture and historical trends also influence anthropometric variability over time. 3. Activity level and fitness contribute to differences in measurements like reach, with athletes having greater values than non-athletes. Body mass is also correlated with stability and balance, with increased mass requiring more movement to maintain posture.

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Sources of Anthropometric Variability

There are several sources of anthropometric variability according to the document: 1. Body posture and position can affect body measurements depending on how the body is positioned during an activity. Standard positions need to be considered when taking anthropometric data. 2. Occupation can impact body size and proportions with manual laborers tending to be larger on average than other occupations. Culture and historical trends also influence anthropometric variability over time. 3. Activity level and fitness contribute to differences in measurements like reach, with athletes having greater values than non-athletes. Body mass is also correlated with stability and balance, with increased mass requiring more movement to maintain posture.

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SOURCES OF ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABILITY

BODY POSTURE AND POSITIONS


>>Different body sizes will be affected by the position of the body at the time of going to perform
certain activities, namely structural and functional body dimensions. The standard position of the body when
performing dynamic movements where the movement must be taken into consideration when anthropometric
data is adjusted

https://soloabadi.com/en/factors-that-cause-anthropometric-data-variations/#

OCCUPATION
>>Differences in body size and proportion among occupational groups are common and are fairly well
known.
>>Many body dimensions of a manual laborer are on average larger than those of an academician.
however, such differences may also be related to age, diet, exercise or many other factors, as well as the result
of selection criteria designated by specific occupations.
>>Whatever the reasons for the differences, however, anthropometric variability in different occupations
must be realized so that appropriate environments can be designed for the occupation and before anthropometric
data obtained from members of one occupation can be used to design the environments of another.

CULTURE
  >>The importance of national and cultural differences in anthropometry has been realized for some
time, but until recently there has been little concerted effort to implement the relevant data in the production of
new plant and machinery.
>>The variability in anthropometric dimensions due to national and cultural differences may not all be
as dramatic as the difference in some culture.
HISTORICAL TRENDS
>>Many people have observed that the equipment used in earlier years would too small for effective use
today. Such observations imply that the average size of the population increases over time, perhaps because of
better diet and living conditions.
>>If true, the results would have important implications for the design of an environment that is to
survive for some time.
  >>If we are getting taller, for example, then the design might need to take account of the statures of
future generations as well as present-day users.

https://www.slideshare.net/iiTCHANJAYVES/1-anthropometry?qid=d5136541-8a5a-442d-9b60-
f2e3fd5bd966&v=&b=&from_search=9

INFLUENCE ACTIVITY LEVEL


>>Athletes have greater reach measurements than recreationally active for three of six reaches. Female
modern dancers have better reach performance in some, but not all reach directions, in comparison to active
non-dancers. Thorpe and co-authors found that female soccer players (NCAA division 1) had greater reach
measurements than their recreationally active counterparts. In addition, there are reach differences between
athletes participating in different sports. Specifically, soccer players have greater reaches than basketball
players, while there is no difference between gymnasts and soccer players.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00756/full

BODY MASS
>>In the whole group evaluation, the correlations between BMI and the stability indexes were also
moderate in regression analysis associated with body mass. 
>>It was showed that in young adult males, the higher the BMI, worst postural balance, needing more
postural adjustments to maintain balance in single leg stance. It seems that in situations of instability, body mass
presented greater impairment of balance.
>>In the whole group evaluation, the correlations between body mass and the stability indexes were also
stronger. In the present study, body mass presented a high correlation with the stability indices; that is, there
was a need for greater movements to maintain postural balance.
>>Obese individuals require greater movement from the center of gravity to remain in the orthostatic
position. This study showed that only a high body mass can contribute towards decreasing the balance and
occurrences of falls in situations of instability. >>Increased body mass required greater movement to
maintain postural balance. Height and BMI presented moderate correlations with balance. 

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2013/850424/

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