The angle of shoulder slope in normal males as a factor in shoulder-harness design.

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• Creators:
  Snow, Clyde C. ; Hasbrook, A. Howard
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aeromedical Research Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Shoulder harnesses
  • Equipment design
  • Males
  • Air traffic controllers
  • Photographs
  • Anthropometry
  • Statistics
  • Safety harness (Aeronautics)--Design
  • Males
  • Air traffic controllers
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  AM 65-14 ; DOT/FAA/AM-65/14
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  In order to establish criteria for more comfortable shoulder-harness design, this study was conducted to determine the angle of slope of the top of the shoulders where poorly fitting shoulder harness may produce discomfort and, occasionally, functional impairment through compression of the underlying soft tissues. The mean shoulder-slope angle (measured from the vertical body axis) of normal males based on this study of 55 Air Traffic Service trainees is 67.5 deg. with a standard deviation of 5.0 deg.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20742/dot_20742_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 213.36 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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