title: Construction and use of an inexpensive "anthropometer".
abstract: An inexpensive anthropometer, suitable for use in undergraduate projects, was constructed from aluminum rod and components designed from laboratory retort stands. Only modest workshop skills and widely available machine tools were required to produce the device, which could be used to take accurate and reproducible measurements of linear dimensions and the angles of orientation of body segments. Its use in student projects indicates the value of the angular measurements in investigating posture.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences and Faculty of Health Studies, University of Wales at Bangor, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001824:Body Constitution; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans