{"title":"Women are not small men: the UK's new, comprehensive Tri-Service Anthropometry survey.","authors":"Laird Evans, Robert Pringle, Eluned Lewis","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2378365","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human Factors Engineers need accurate anthropometric data to design military equipment that is safe, comfortable and enables performance under extreme operational conditions and in the most severe environments. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) acknowledges that its current anthropometry dataset is becoming increasingly unrepresentative of today's Armed Forces personnel, particularly women and minority ethnic groups. To address this issue, MOD has launched a new, comprehensive anthropometry survey. Whilst this survey has the potential to benefit the design of all new military equipment and clothing, the principal driver for the study is the development of new body armour for the UK's Armed Forces personnel. This paper describes the requirements underpinning this survey, with a focus on body armour; the planned solution; and the results of Pilot Studies that have tested the robustness, reliability and accuracy of the measurement technologies and procedures. The work reported in this paper has been funded by the MOD's Defence Innovation Unit.<b>Practitioner statement:</b> The UK Ministry of Defence has launched a new, comprehensive anthropometry survey, in acknowledgement of the fact that its current anthropometry dataset is becoming increasingly unrepresentative of today's Armed Forces personnel. This paper describes the requirements underpinning the survey, the planned solution and the result of Pilot Studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ergonomics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2378365","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Human Factors Engineers need accurate anthropometric data to design military equipment that is safe, comfortable and enables performance under extreme operational conditions and in the most severe environments. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) acknowledges that its current anthropometry dataset is becoming increasingly unrepresentative of today's Armed Forces personnel, particularly women and minority ethnic groups. To address this issue, MOD has launched a new, comprehensive anthropometry survey. Whilst this survey has the potential to benefit the design of all new military equipment and clothing, the principal driver for the study is the development of new body armour for the UK's Armed Forces personnel. This paper describes the requirements underpinning this survey, with a focus on body armour; the planned solution; and the results of Pilot Studies that have tested the robustness, reliability and accuracy of the measurement technologies and procedures. The work reported in this paper has been funded by the MOD's Defence Innovation Unit.Practitioner statement: The UK Ministry of Defence has launched a new, comprehensive anthropometry survey, in acknowledgement of the fact that its current anthropometry dataset is becoming increasingly unrepresentative of today's Armed Forces personnel. This paper describes the requirements underpinning the survey, the planned solution and the result of Pilot Studies.
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Ergonomics, also known as human factors, is the scientific discipline that seeks to understand and improve human interactions with products, equipment, environments and systems. Drawing upon human biology, psychology, engineering and design, Ergonomics aims to develop and apply knowledge and techniques to optimise system performance, whilst protecting the health, safety and well-being of individuals involved. The attention of ergonomics extends across work, leisure and other aspects of our daily lives.
The journal Ergonomics is an international refereed publication, with a 60 year tradition of disseminating high quality research. Original submissions, both theoretical and applied, are invited from across the subject, including physical, cognitive, organisational and environmental ergonomics. Papers reporting the findings of research from cognate disciplines are also welcome, where these contribute to understanding equipment, tasks, jobs, systems and environments and the corresponding needs, abilities and limitations of people.
All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.