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HCII 2022: Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Emotion, Well-being and Health, Learning, and Culture pp 377–387Cite as

Anthropometric Hand Dimensions of Chinese Adults Using Three-Dimensional Scanning Technique

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The purpose of this study is to represent a large-scale Chinese hand anthropometric survey. A total of 937 adults (468 males and 469 females) age between 22 and 60 years-old were involved to be measured from six main areas of China. 3D scanning technology was adopted to capture duplicated models of both left and right hands in the splayed and closed postures respectively. 10 hand dimensions were extracted from the 3D scans. Statistics including mean, standard deviation, and various percentiles were calculated. T-tests were conducted to compare the differences between left and right hands. Moreover, the differences between males and females were analyzed. The results indicate that right hands are generally thicker, broader, and shorter than left hands. Also, males have larger hand measurements than females, as expected. This study provides ergonomic indication for hand related products design.

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  1. School of Design, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Qi Chen, Haining Wang & Kexiang Liu

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Chen, Q., Wang, H., Liu, K. (2022). Anthropometric Hand Dimensions of Chinese Adults Using Three-Dimensional Scanning Technique. In: Soares, M.M., Rosenzweig, E., Marcus, A. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Emotion, Well-being and Health, Learning, and Culture. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13322. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05900-1_26

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