A parametric model of child body shape in seated postures

• Published in: Traffic injury prevention Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 533 - 536
• Main Authors: Park, Byoung-Keon D., Ebert, Sheila, Reed, Matthew P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 04.07.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Anatomy & physiology; Anthropometry; Body mass index; body shape prediction; Body Size; Child; child body shape measurement; Child restraints; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Computer applications; Data processing; Female; Humans; Male; Mathematical models; Models, Statistical; Parameters; parametric modeling; Parametric statistics; Posture; Principal Component Analysis; Principal components analysis; Product design; Product safety; Regression analysis; Regression models; Safety engineering; seated body shape; Spine; Spine (lumbar); Statistical analysis; statistical body shape model; Statistical models; Surface geometry; Torso; Traffic accidents & safety; statistical body shape model; seated body shape; body shape prediction; anthropometry; parametric modeling; child body shape measurement

Objective: The shape of the current physical and computational surrogates of children used for restraint system assessments is based largely on standard anthropometric dimensions. These scalar dimensions provide valuable information on the overall size of the individual but do not provide good guida...