Anthropometric study of the student population of a Portuguese faculty

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Luís S. Sousa (Author) Other; Maria Eugénia Pinho (Author) FEUP; Pedro Arezes (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Occupational Safety and Hygiene II

1º Edition

Pages: 447-451

ISBN: 978-1-138-00144-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-315-77352-0

Publisher: CRC Press

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

Other information

DOI: 10.1201/b16490-79

Abstract (EN): In recent years, there has been an increasing need of knowledge of the human population’s anthropometrics, particularly in Portugal. Changes in the anthropometric characteristics of the Portuguese people have been reported in some studies, leading to an increasing interest on the study of the evolution of these characteristics. This study aimed to collect and analyse the anthropometric dimensions of the student population of FEUP. For that purpose, a stationary anthropometer was built and a portable anthropometer was also used. Two hundred and six students (131 males and 75 females) with ages ranging from 18 to 35 years old, were measured. A set of 14 static anthropometric measures was collected. The results show significant differences in some anthropometric dimensions, when compared with studies performed by other authors, as well as between genders for almost all anthropometric dimensions.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific