18 - 65 years
65 - 80 years
2 - 18 years
Wheelchair
Background
Formulas
Z-table
Contact
Body dimensions of the Belgian population
Age 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
total boys girls
nr
dimension (in mm)
P1
P5
mean
P95
P99
SD
standing
1
stature
1058
1091
1170
1249
1282
48
2
eye height
938
971
1050
1129
1162
3
shoulder height
836
861
920
979
1004
36
4
elbow height
623
647
705
763
787
35
5
fist height
419
437
480
523
541
26
6
vertical grip reach
1218
1268
1390
1512
1562
74
sitting
7
crown-buttock height
579
597
640
683
701
8
467
483
525
566
583
25
9
336
352
390
428
444
23
10
123
137
170
203
217
20
11
popliteal height
253
265
295
325
337
18
12
thigh thickness
72
79
95
112
118
13
buttock-popliteal length
277
305
333
345
17
14
buttock-knee length
323
370
403
417
16
elbow-fingertip length
270
282
310
338
350
forward grip reach
430
449
495
560
28
abdominal depth
130
139
160
181
190
19
hip breadth
175
187
215
243
255
shoulder breadth (d)
285
315
327
hands
22
hand length
111
117
143
149
hand breadth
51
53
60
67
69
feet
27
foot length
162
169
185
202
208
foot breadth
64
75
83
86
4.8
head
29
head length
163
168
180
192
197
7.2
30
head breadth
129
132
140
148
151
Motmans R. DINBelg 2005. Ergonomie RC, Leuven © 2005-2006