Affiliations: [a] Centro de Estudio del Trabajo y Factores Humanos, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
| [b] Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
| [c] Section Applied Ergonomics and Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
| [d] ALGORITMI Centre, School of Engineering of the University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal
| [e] Mutual de Seguridad de la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción, Santiago, Chile
| [f] Carrera de Kinesiología, Universidad de Viña del Mar, Viña del Mar, Chile
| [g] Research Innovation and Enterprise, Solent University, Southampton, UK
| [h] Facultad de Salud y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Las Américas, Chile
Correspondence:
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Address for correspondence: H.I. Castellucci, Centro de Estudio del Trabajo y Factores Humanos, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile. E-mail: hector.castellucci@uv.cl.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Anthropometrics is very important when ensuring a physical match between end users and product or
workstations. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study are twofold, to provide anthropometric data for the design of products and to
examine the secular changes in the adult Chilean workers in a period of more than 20 years. METHODS:Nineteen anthropometric measurements from two samples from 1995 and 2016 were compared using independent
t-test (95% confidence interval), where additionally absolute and relative differences were calculated. RESULTS:The secular trend observed for Stature is characterized by an increase average of 20mm and 10.5mm per decade
for females and males, respectively. There is a positive secular trend for both genders, which is observed for most of the
selected body measurements. The most pronounced increases were onWeight, Shoulder breadth, Body mass index, Popliteal
height; Buttock-popliteal length and Hip width. CONCLUSIONS:Segmental dimensions that experienced a positive secular trend, together with Weight and Stature, are
highly correlated with seating design, addressing the need to review products targeting Chilean adult workers, such as public
transport seats, office furniture or industrial workplaces.
Keywords: Design, anthropometry, Chile, secular trends in anthropometry
