The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics
Online ISSN : 1884-2844
Print ISSN : 0549-4974
ISSN-L : 0549-4974
A study of body measurements by principal component analysis
[in Japanese]H. MAKABE
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1976 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 41-48

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Abstract
For the purpose of extracting informations of somatotypes of comfortable garments, we examined method of analysises for measuring physical data.
The current somatotype classifications for garments is classified on the basis of size factor, but if other morphological factors such as posture and figure, are added in making dress patterns, ready made clothing will be more suited.
In this paper we choiced and measured 40 items which contain some measurement of posture and figure with silhouetter photography and the low data and proportional to height were examined by principal component analysis each other.
We found clear difference between these to results; that is to say, the later method shows that morphological factors such as proportion, posture and figure can be extracted.
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