Incorporating anthropometry into design of spoon for children

Author

Liu, B.S. ; Tseng, H.Y. ; Wu, C.C. ; Liu, C.Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Manage., St. John´´s Univ., Taipei

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

380

Lastpage

384

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide product designer with the anthropometric dimensions of hand for children and compare the dimensions of spoon sizes with anthropometric database and recommend appropriate solutions for design. Two hundred and five subjects who age ranged from 3 to 10 years old were separated into eight stratifications for analysis. Six dimensions of hand were measured by digital caliper. Results of ANOVA showed that all hand dimensions were significant age effect. Further, post test revealed that mean length of hand could be divided into four subsets. Manufacturers should make products available in various sizes to accommodate different users at least four sizes for children and various sizes were based on hand length plus 30 mm.

Keywords

anthropometry; biomechanics; human factors; product design; statistical analysis; ANOVA; anthropometry; children eating behavior; hand dimensions; spoon; Analysis of variance; Anthropometry; Databases; Educational institutions; Engineering management; Ergonomics; Humans; Industrial engineering; Marketing and sales; Product design; Spoon; anthropometric; children; eating behavior;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2329-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2330-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654394

Filename

4654394