The experimental verification of the relation connecting the anthropometric measurements taken on clothing to those taken on body

Abstract EN

Anthropometric measurements are an essential part of School health examinations.

Sometimes it is not practical to take the measurements on body and so the measurements are taken on clothing.

There was no mathematical formula available to convert the anthropometric measurements taken on clothing to these taken on body.

Recently one of the authors derived relations connecting these anthropometric measurements.

There is a need to study how accurate are the theoretical predictions.

This study was conducted to check the accuracy of the theoretical relations.

Ten boys and six girls between ages 2 and 7 years were studied using Callipar and Micrometer.

The Breadths and Depths of chest, waist, arm, and thigh were determined by Callipars to one-tenth of centimeter and thickness of clothing measured by Micrometers, screw gauge to one-hundredth of centimer.

Data collected was fitted to the following equations: b/2a = 8/2a - 1 and d/2a = D/2a - 1 Where: 'b', 'B' and 'd', 'D', are the Breadths and Depths taken on body and clothing respectively; and 'a' thickness of clothing.

Graphs were plotted between (B/2a) and (b/2a) as well as (D/2a) and (dJ 2a) and showed straight lines having slope unity.

Therefore, the experimental results are in agreement with the theoretical relations.

This indicates that the proposed relations are valid and can be used.-