A survey of hand anthropometry of female rural farm workers in Ibadan, Western Nigeria

被引：45

作者：

Okunribido, OO ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ibadan, Dept Ind & Prod Engn, Ibadan, Nigeria

来源：

ERGONOMICS | 2000年 / 43卷 / 02期

关键词：

hand; anthropometry; Nigerian; female; proportions; handtools;

D O I：

10.1080/001401300184611

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

An anthropometric survey measuring 18 dimensions of the right hand in 37 female rural farm workers living in Ibadan, western Nigeria was conducted. The means. standard deviations and percentile values are reported for these. The means of the collected data are compared with those for females from the UK, from Wong Kong and from America, using data from other published studies. The results suggest that the Nigerian female hand is wider and thicker, but shorter than that of their foreign counterparts. Such differences have implications for design and evaluation of hand tools for the Nigerian female population.

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页码：282 / 292

页数：11