Estudo antropométrico da população de uma faculdade portuguesa

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

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

Conference proceedings International

Title: Occupational Safety and Hygiene - SHO 2014

Pages: 427-429

International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2014)

Guimarães, 13 e 14 de Fevereiro de 2014

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

Other information

Abstract (EN): Anthropometry is an important tool which allows to collect information about the body measures, allowing ergonomists to understand human physical variation. Therefore it may provide important information to better design the work and leisure environments. 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 and descriptive statistics give mean, standard deviation, and percentile values of each population group. Using the t-student test was assessed that males differ, in all but one (hip breath) of their anthropometric measures, from female. That difference is denoted in males having larger dimensions than female. The Kolmogorov–Smirnov test showed that all the anthropometric dimensions follow a normal distribution.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: ISBN: 978-989-98203-2-6