Investigation of relationships between hand surface dimensions and hand bone dimensions

Joonho Chang, Yong Ku Kong, Andris Freivalds, Hyun Sung Kang, Jae Hyun Cho

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Abstract

This study developed a method to predict finger/phalange bone lengths from a surface hand length. 41 Korean college students (25 males and 16 females) were recruited, and their surface hand lengths and finger/phalange bone lengths were measured using a vernier caliper and a X-ray generator, respectively. The conversion method developed equations to estimate finger/phalange bone lengths based on one surface hand length by relationships among the measured finger/phalange bone lengths. The average estimation error between the estimated bone lengths and measured bone lengths was 1.76 mm (2.3 %) with SD = 0.3 mm on finger bone lengths and 0.99 mm (3.2 %) with SD = 0.4 mm on phalange bone lengths. The estimated finger/phalange bone lengths had strong correlations, more than more than r = 0.8, with the measured finger/phalange bone lengths.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2013
Pages948-952
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event57th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - 2013, HFES 2013 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 30 Sep 20134 Oct 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)1071-1813

Conference

Conference57th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - 2013, HFES 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period30/09/134/10/13

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