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INVESTIGATION OF INERTIAL PROPERTIES OF THE HUMAN BODY
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Anthropometric parameters of the human body are essential for understanding human kinetics and designing impact protective systems, and extensive data exist on body size, weight, and center of mass. This report supplements existing information with data on mass distribution characteristics described by principal moments of inertia and their orientation relative to body and segment anthropometry. The authors measured weight, center of mass, and principal moments of inertia of six cadavers, segmented them to assess mass, center of mass, moments of inertia, and volume of fourteen segments each, and also obtained standard and 3‑D anthropometric data.
Abstract : Knowledge of the anthropometric parameters of the human body is essential for understanding of human kinetics and particularly for the design and testing of impact protective systems. Considerable information is available on the size, weight and center of mass of the body and its segments. This report supplements existing information with data regarding mass distribution characteristics of the human body as described by the principal moments of inertia and their orientation to body and segment anthropometry. The weight, center of mass location and principal moments of inertia of six cadavers were measured, the cadavers were then segmented and the mass, center of mass, moments of inertia and volume were measured on the fourteen segments from each cadaver. Standard and three-dimensional anthropometry of the body and segments was also determined.