Construction and use of an inexpensive "anthropometer".

Abstract:

:An inexpensive anthropometer, suitable for use in undergraduate projects, was constructed from aluminum rod and components designed from laboratory retort stands. Only modest workshop skills and widely available machine tools were required to produce the device, which could be used to take accurate and reproducible measurements of linear dimensions and the angles of orientation of body segments. Its use in student projects indicates the value of the angular measurements in investigating posture.

journal_name

Am J Phys Anthropol

authors

Clarke GS

doi

10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199608)100:4<605::AID-AJPA

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-08-01 00:00:00

pages

605-8

issue

4

eissn

0002-9483

issn

1096-8644

pii

10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199608)100:4<605::AID-AJPA

journal_volume

100

pub_type

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