Diver Anthropometrics

Abstract

To aid the design engineer in the development of future U. S. Navy diving systems and equipment a comprehensive anthropometric study was undertaken. Fifty-four anthropometric measures, two pulmonary function measures, and three derived body measures were obtained on 100, 41, and 100 U. S. Navy divers respectively. Descriptive statistics and measures of interrelationship are given for each measured and derived variable. The minimum number of anthropometric variables needed was determined by factor analysis. The measures obtained on the U. S. Navy divers were compared with anthropometric data available for the male aviation populations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748627

Entities

People

  • Hugh T. Beatty
  • Thomas E. Berghage

Organizations

  • United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arm Bones
  • Body Regions
  • Data Analysis
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Measurement
  • Nose
  • Pulmonary Function
  • Regression Analysis
  • Skull
  • Specific Gravity
  • Statistics
  • Tissues

Readers

  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Regression Analysis.