Anthropometry and Physical Restrictions of Motility of the Spinal Column and Hand Forces in 50 to 84 year old persons
In Europe the decrease of birth rates and the increase of life expectancy lead to a higher fraction of older people. The ontogenetic life spans of degeneration age and senescence are individually longer lived through. This means, that an increasing number of people has to live with age related changes of their locomotor apparatus and therefore with more or less physical restrictions in a soaring engineered environment. To give the elderly access to new technical developments with a high ergonomic comfort it is necessary to get actual data of anthropometry, motility and hand forces. Merely on a data basis an accurate to size design of the body near environment is realisable. Body dimensions, motility and hand forces of a total of 493 persons at the ages of 20 to 29 years and 50 to 84 years are presented. The results show generation specific differences in the measurements and their body proportions, which is important for all duties of ergonomics. The causes are two overlaying processes: the secular trend and ontogenetic changes associated with aging. The data of dynamic measurements show restricted motility of the spinal column and of the hands in the elderly. Consequences for ergonomic design can be educed from these facts.
Andrea Voigt Christiane Scheffler
University of PotsdamHuman BiologyAm Neuen Palais 1014469 Potsdam University of Potsdam Human Biology Am Neuen Palais 10 14469 Potsdam
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-4
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）