The measure of the elderly man

DINBelg 2005

65 - 80 years

Body dimensions of the Belgian population

65 - 80 years total men women

	nr	dimension (in mm)	P1	P5	mean	P95	P99	SD

standing	1	stature	1533	1574	1673	1772	1813	60
	2	eye height	1431	1471	1568	1665	1705	59
	3	shoulder height	1247	1286	1380	1474	1513	57
	4	elbow height	920	953	1032	1111	1144	48
	5	fist height	660	686	749	812	838	38
	6	vertical grip reach	1548	1616	1779	1942	2010	99

sitting	7	crown-buttock height	769	794	853	912	937	36
	8	eye height	693	714	765	816	837	31
	9	shoulder height	514	532	577	622	640	27
	10	elbow height	171	188	229	270	287	25
	11	popliteal height	396	414	457	500	518	26
	12	thigh thickness	104	112	130	148	156	11
	13	buttock-popliteal length	429	445	483	521	537	23
	14	buttock-knee length	547	564	605	646	663	25
	15	buttock-heel length
	16	elbow-fingertip length	301	311	336	361	371	15
	17	forward grip reach
	18	abdominal depth	238	258	306	354	374	29
	19	hip breadth	333	349	387	425	441	23
	20	shoulder breadth	392	405	436	467	480	19
	21	elbow breadth	398	422	480	538	562	35

hands	22	hand length	164	170	185	200	206	9
	23	hand breadth	76	79	86	93	96	4.5
	24	hand thickness
	25	thumb breadth	19	20	23	26	27	1.8
	26	forefinger tip breadth	13	14	17	20	21	1.8

feet	27	foot length	228	237	258	279	288	13
	28	foot breadth	84	88	97	106	110	5.4

weight	33	weight			75.8			8.46

Motmans R. DINBelg 2005. Ergonomie RC, Leuven © 2005-2006

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