Body volume estimation equation for male laborers in Taiwan

Hsin Hung Tu; Victor Ei Wen Lo; Chien Wei Liu; Yung Ping Liu; Chi Yuang Yu; Chih Yong Chen; Li Wen Liu

doi:10.1080/10803548.2019.1710920

Body volume estimation equation for male laborers in Taiwan

Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2021 Dec;27(4):1207-1214. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2019.1710920. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Authors

Hsin Hung Tu¹, Victor Ei Wen Lo², Chien Wei Liu³, Yung Ping Liu⁴, Chi Yuang Yu³, Chih Yong Chen⁵, Li Wen Liu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Hsiuping University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
² Department of Occupational Safety and Health, China Medical University, Taiwan.
³ Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor, Taiwan.

PMID: 31893965
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2019.1710920

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a body volume (BV) estimation equation for male laborers in Taiwan with body weight (W) and stature height (H) as initial estimators. A three-dimensional (3D) body scanner and a 3D foot scanner were used to measure the 3D range data of 100 male laborers in this study. Subjects' BV was extracted from the 3D body model, and H and W were used as independent variables in regression analysis. The results show that the final BV estimation equation is BV = 1122.927 × W^0.972, with R² = 0.949. Thirty extra male subjects were scanned to compare this BV estimation equation with those in previous studies. The results show that this BV estimation equation had the smallest absolute mean difference at 1.1458 L and the smallest standard error of the estimate at 2.48% in comparison.

Keywords: body volume; estimation equation; male laborers; three-dimensional scanner.

MeSH terms

Body Height*
Body Weight
Foot*
Humans
Male
Regression Analysis
Taiwan