ANTHROPOMETRIC AND BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HAND

摘要

Descriptive data are presented on the structural and functional character¬istics of the human hand which are of interest to engineers concerned with the design of handwear and manually-operated equipment. The first section deals with the anthropometric dimensions of the hand, and shows the centile distribution of component hand sizes in several military population samples. The second section reviews data on the biomechanics of the hand in terms of direction, range, and forces involved in typical functional movements.