Prompted by a design project from students working on a height-adjustable product, I'm wondering whether there have been any studies into ergonomic / human-factors aspects of couples, such as height differences between partners.
Yes all anthropometric datas are different among couple. you consider only 5th & 95th percentile values for design that will take care of all aspect of best design. no need to have seperate product but common for both couple. pcg,CLI
Renee, not aware of any research in this area. I could see the utility of this ... just from my observation of the world, I think it is quite possible that there are couple correlations in height, BMI, etc. I think that, as a whole, the ergo community clinches so tightly to the "design for 5th to 95th percentile" with respect to dimensional/size anthropometry, that the potential utility of this type of information is overlooked. Murray
It is difficult to recommend something without knowing exactly what kind of product is concerned.
There is a way to ensure success by applying criteria related to people with disabilities, as these fit any profile.
In this aspect I recommend contacting Ruben García, H&S Manager at AMICA (amica.es) , e-mail --> rubeng
Profile:
http://preventeticaeventos.blogspot.com/2014/04/4.html (in Spanish)
Renee, thanks for the interesting question: I found a few sources about this topic:
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anthropometry depends on having a partner or not according to the amazing study of Sittig and Freudenthal(1951) in which they measured 5001 Dutch female to develop a new sizing system for the company Bijenkorf. In that book they included a graph about the body weight depending being maried or not. And surprisingly the married female growth in weight (don't need to search anymore...)
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Another more recent source is about anthropomery of celebrities: https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/news/g3939/celebrity-couples-with-major-height-difference/
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The best source is from Plos One after analysing 12k couples in UK. One of the results says the correlation is 0 .18 which is positive but very low. Read the whole paper onArticle Are Human Mating Preferences with Respect to Height Reflecte...
kind regards
Johan
Dear Dr. Wever,
Your question raised further questions in the mind!
Should not we use male Anthropometric data in a circumstance that have both male and female user?
is there any valid Anthropometric data set to address whenever we are in need of a new product such as wearables? (resources I know categorized based on body measurements not products)
Thanks!
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