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Anthropometric data of adult wheelchair users for Mexican population

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lucero-Duarte, Karla | de la Vega-Bustillos, Enrique | López-Millán, Francisco | Soto-Félix, Selene

Affiliations: Departamento de ingeniería Industrial, Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo, Av. Tecnológico S/N, Hermosillo, Sonora, México | División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo, Av. Tecnológico S/N, Hermosillo, Sonora, México

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords: Workstation design, Disability, Physical Characteristics comparison

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0835-5408

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 5408-5410, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to obtain anthropometric data of adult wheelchair users at Mexico. This study count with 108 disabled people (56 men and 52 women) using the wheelchair and having the upper extremities sufficiently efficient to perform professional activities. The subjects were aged 18-60. From the measurements obtained, it can be said that in each of these measures was observed that men have larger dimensions than women, except for body depth, in which women had a slightly greater difference. When comparing the data in this study against other studies it shows that there is a significant difference between the averages of these studies. Similar results were obtained when comparing our data against data of standard population. Anthropometric data obtained through this study appear to be the only of this kind in Mexico and showed significant differences between measures of disabled persons and standard persons. the use of these data may be helpful for the proper design of workstations designed for use by adults who use.

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