My colleague Dr. Monica Jones presented a paper at the annual conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society describing the methods for our YouthShape.US survey. As of Fall 2024, we have gathered very detailed body size, shape, strength, and physical activity data from over 650 children and adolescents ages 3 to 17 years. This extremely rich dataset includes over 50 manual anthrometry measures, high-resolution 3d surface scans of the head, hands, feet, and whole body dozens of postures, as well as grip strength, lower extremity power, body composition, and many other measures. This dataset is already the richest child anthropometry dataset in the world, and yet is only the pilot study for what will be a study of over 4000 children and youth by the end of 2026.
October 2024
Methods for YouthShape.US at HFES
