National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An anthropometric survey of female farm workers was conducted from the Mungeli district, in order to obtain information on the body dimensions, which may be used in ergonomic design of farm equipments. In present study different hand dimensions of right and left hand of 200 female agricultural workers have been collected. Four body dimensions and ten hand dimensions have been identified which were considered more useful for designing agricultural hand tools. It has noted that there were significant differences in hand measurement between left and right hands of agricultural female workers. The 200 female workers were categorized in four different age groups (18-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46 to above) whose mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation (CV), range were computed according to age groups. Percentile values (5th, 25th, 50th, 95th) of the anthropometric dimensions were also computed separately for different age groups. The percentage difference in the measurement between right and left hands was small (0.05% to 0.22%). However, it was common practice of workers to use the same hand tools by both sexes. Therefore, this information of hand anthropometric dimensions of female workers helps us in design of gender friendly equipments and hand tools. The hand dimensions of subjects of the present study were also compared with female workers of central part of India and abroad.
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