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IEA 2018: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) pp 841–849Cite as

Anthropometric Data of Chilean Male Workers

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The aim of this study was to update the Chilean male workers’ anthropometric database to be used for design purposes and to examine the secular changes observed in a group of anthropometric variables for Chilean male workers. Data collection involved a sample of 2,346 male workers with ages ranging from 18 to 65+, assigned to the Mutual de Seguridad C.Ch.C in the two most populated regions of Chile (Valparaíso and Metropolitana) distributed in nine economic activities branches. Data collection was performed by two teams of 3 physiotherapies each. Before starting the collection process, the measurement teams underwent a training session of one week that included a theoretical session on the basic concepts of anthropometrics, as well as some practical instructions. A total of 32 anthropometric measures were gathered following the ISO standard 7250-1. Before applying the data, a checking process was carried out, trying to identify errors related to the data collection process. The magnitude of the positive secular trend for the stature was 1.0 cm per decade and the highest value was found for shoulder breadth, with a positive increase of 2.7 cm per decade. The results obtained allowed to observe the existence of a positive secular trend for most of the selected body measurements. Finally, it was also possible to verify that the current research may be used for design purposes and to establish the baseline data for long-term observation regarding anthropometric changes among Chilean male workers.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centro de Estudios del Trabajo y Factores Humanos, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

    H. I. Castellucci

  2. Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela de Kinesiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

    C. A. Viviani

  3. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering Section Applied Ergonomics and Design, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    J. F. M. Molenbroek

  4. ALGORITMI Centre, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    P. M. Arezes

  5. Mutual de la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción, Santiago, Chile

    M. Martínez

  6. Universidad de Viña del Mar, Carrera de Kinesiología, Viña del Mar, Chile

    V. Aparici

  7. Research Innovation and Enterprise, Solent University, Southampton, UK

    S. Bragança

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of the Republic of San Marino, San Marino, San Marino

    Sebastiano Bagnara

  2. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

    Riccardo Tartaglia

  3. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

    Sara Albolino

  4. Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Thomas Alexander

  5. International Ergonomics Association, Tokyo, Japan

    Yushi Fujita

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Castellucci, H.I. et al. (2019). Anthropometric Data of Chilean Male Workers. In: Bagnara, S., Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Alexander, T., Fujita, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 824. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_87

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