The measure of elderly women

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	1444	1480	1567	1654	1690	53
	2	eye height	1346	1381	1467	1553	1588	52
	3	shoulder height	1170	1204	1286	1369	1403	50
	4	elbow height	874	901	965	1029	1056	39
	5	fist height	622	646	704	762	786	35
	6	vertical grip reach	1463	1527	1684	1841	1905	95

sitting	7	crown-buttock height	711	736	797	858	883	37
	8	eye height	654	672	715	758	776	26
	9	shoulder height	474	490	530	570	586	24
	10	elbow height	168	180	210	240	252	18
	11	popliteal height	364	380	418	456	472	23
	12	thigh thickness	108	116	136	156	164	12
	13	buttock-popliteal length	426	442	482	522	538	24
	14	buttock-knee length	536	554	597	640	658	26
	15	buttock-heel length
	16	elbow-fingertip length	274	285	311	337	348	16
	17	forward grip reach
	18	abdominal depth	231	254	308	362	385	33
	19	hip breadth	329	350	401	452	473	31
	20	shoulder breadth	360	373	404	435	448	19
	21	elbow breadth	377	402	461	520	545	36

hands	22	hand length	157	162	175	188	193	7.9
	23	hand breadth	71	73	79	85	87	3.5
	24	hand thickness
	25	thumb breadth	17	18	21	24	25	1.7
	26	forefinger tip breadth	13	14	17	20	21	1.7

feet	27	foot length	215	221	237	253	259	9.6
	28	foot breadth	81	84	93	102	105	5.2

weight	33	weight			68.4			9.4

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

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