Biomechanical parameters on body segments of Korean adults

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Park, Se Jin ^a   Park, Soo Chan ^a   Kim, Jin Ho ^a   Kim, Chae Bogk ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body segment; Center of mass; Dimension; Mass; Rohrer index

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS;

BODY SEGMENTS; CENTER OF MASS;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345726037     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(97)00097-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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