Anthropometry of the hands of male Air Force flight personnel : Garrett, J.W.Abstr. in US Government Research and Development Reports, Report No. AD-709 883

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 126 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6870
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(71)90118-9

✦ Synopsis

This report contains descriptions of and data on 56 antb.ropometric dimensions of the hands of one hundred and forty-eight male Air Force flight personnel. Selected dimensional comparisons indicate that this sample is representative of the total group of Air Force flight personnel. Summary statistics presented include the means, standard deviations, ranges, selected percentiles, and coefficients of variation. Also included are data on the age, rank, major Air Command, and ~ommissioned status Of the. sample; a complete matrix of intercorrelations among the anthropometric dimensions; bivariate tables; multiple regression equations; and nomographs for selected combinations of dimensions. A procurement table for the US Air Force 12-size glove programme revised to reflect the latest anthropometric data is presented.