| Autor: |
SAMUEL, T. M., AREMU, O. O., SALAMI, I. O., ADETIFA, B. O., ONU, L. I., ADEGBITE, S. E., OLOKOSE, A. A. |
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Annals of the Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara - International Journal of Engineering; Aug2015, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p99-104, 6p |
| Abstrakt: |
Differences in anthropometric data across age groups should be considered in designing workstations to fit gari-frying workers in southwestern Nigeria. This paper investigates the age variation in their anthropometry and body composition. 120 gari-frying workers were randomly selected and divided into five age groups 1-5 i.e. 18-25years; 26-35years; 36-45years; 46-55years and above 55years respectively. Anthropometric parameters of the workers were measured; body mass index (BMI) and body space area (BSA) were calculated while statistical analysis was carried out to investigate the variation between the age groups. Age group 3 accounted for 40% of the population while age group 5 accounted 22%. The discrepancies observed in the values of most of the parameters increased from the lower extremities to the upper extremities across the age groups. Age group 3 and 4 were observed to have the highest variation for most of the parameters (around 71%) compared to other age groups. Sitting height, forearm-to forearm breadth, waist depth, hip breadth (sitting), hand breadth at thumb, hand thickness, grip span and BMI had significant differences between most of the age groups. These results reveal the necessity for age sensitive designs for gari frying workers especially for those above the youthful age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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