Anthropometric measurement tool is to measure the dimensions of the human body. Therefore, every scientific field that places humans as objects needs to use this measuring instrument. Portable Anthropometry is a measurement tool recommended by various experts. The following is a review of the Anthropometric Measurement Tool, Portable Anthropometry based on an international article journal.
Anthropometry For Dummies
Anthropometry is a systematic study related to human posture and its characteristics. However, the posture and characteristics of humans will differ depending on each activity. Therefore, these body dimensions need to be determined by performing anthropometric measurements. The measurement of the dimensions of the human body is taken in a linear and angular manner that has been agreed through international standards or ISO.
Even so, every scientific field has posture and human characteristics which are influenced by the type of activity and race. For example, Bangladeshi agricultural workers have deeper arm depressions than workers in Nigeria, Thailand and Columbia but have the same thickness as Vietnamese workers.
The use of Anthropometry can be represented in the industry in Chile, where anthropometry is used to measure the body dimensions of workers so that companies can provide manual tools for workers. Some of the measurements made are at work height and manual height.
Reviewing The Anthropometric Measurement Tool, Portable Anthropometry
The measuring tool currently used in various scientific fields is Portable Anthropometry. Portable Anthropometry consists of an Anthropometer, Sliding Caliper, Spreading Caliper and Branches Measurement Curves. These four tools have also gone through a calibration process.
The calibration process is defined by the International Metrology Vocabulary as verification on a scale where the limit of deviation or error is not allowed to reach the Maximum Permissible Error (MPE) set by ISO 9001:2015. After the calibration process has been passed, the instrument can be used without analyzing the calibration results on the certificate. This is because the calibration process that has been passed requires measuring instruments that meet the standards.
1. Material
Material-wise, the four measuring instruments in Portable Anthropometry are made of stainless steel 304. This type of stainless steel is the best type of stainless steel material and is the most resistant to corrosion. In addition, this instrument is equipped with a box whose dimensions are 690 mm x 290 mm x 60 mm with a total weight of 3420 grams.
Apart from instruments, Portable Anthropometry is furnished with a Manual Book. The Manual Book explains the measurement of 100 dimensions of the human body including the procedures and instruments used to measure certain body angles.
2. Standard Measuring Instrument Calibration
This Portable Anthropometry review is based on a comparative study of Portable Anthropometry with studies that have been widely used. This review was written by Mr. Bayu Prabandono, an expert in the field of Mechanical Engineering and Mr. Dian Untoro as the Director of PT Solo Abadi Indonesia, manufacturing Portable Anthropometry. The first thing to compare is the calibration results from Portable Anthropometry.
This Portable Anthropometry has been calibrated by PT Anametri Metrology Indonesia which has been certified ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and has also been certified by the National Accreditation Committee (KAN) as a calibration laboratory with the number LK-251-IDN with the ANMI certificate number.
The table shows that the calibration results on the anthropometer made by PT Solo Abadi have a correction range from 0.02 to 0.25 mm with a nominal value of 100 – 1000 mm with an increase in size per 100 mm and corrections ranging from 0.02 to 0.13. in nominal size increments of 1000 to 2500 mm per 500 mm.
3. Measurement Dimension Comparison
Portable Anthropometry is compared with the results of measurements by Marshall & Summerskill with other measurement tools. Dimensions that have not been included in the measurements made by the PT Solo Abadi Indonesia anthropometer are the functional leg throw, forearm length, tragon bone height, and bidetoid breadth.
Watch the 100 Body Dimensions Measurement
However, there are dimensions that can be measured with an anthropometer produced by PT Solo Abadi Indonesia whose measurement dimensions did not exist in previous research, stated by 29 measurements.
The 29 innovations are by mention below :
| Face Height | Upper Face Height |
| Height of Lower Face | Height of Forehead |
| Bigonia Breadth | Nassal Breadth |
| Nassal Height | Ear Height |
| Face Length | Bitragion Breadth |
| Sellion Supramenton Length | Malleolus Height Lateral |
| Crotch Height | Arm Inseam |
| Axilla Height | Bi-Cristale Breadth |
| Bi-Spinous Breadth | Cervicle Height |
| Sphyrion Height | Finger Length |
| Bi-Lateral Humeral Epicondyle Breadth | Bi-trochanteric Breadth |
| Bustpoint Breadth | Suprastenale Height |
| Trochanter Height | Waist Back Length |
| Sphyrion Height | Finger Length |
| Bi-Lateral Humeral Epicondyle Breadth | Lateral Femoral Epicondyle |
| Trochanter to Femoral Lateral Epicondyle |
Get The Most Precision Measurement Tool, Portable Anthropometry
Solo Abadi Indonesia fully supports the Government of Indonesia to create innovations and deepen ergonomics research and apply them to everyday life. As the private sector, we are always open to collaborating on ergonomics and anthropometric research to support a good ergonomics ecosystem in Indonesia.
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