NTL Record

Title The angle of shoulder slope in normal males as a factor in shoulder-harness design.
Record ID 38912
Personal Name
Creator
Snow, Clyde C.; Hasbrook, A. Howard
Corporate Creator Civil Aeromedical Research Institute
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19650300
Language English
Abstract In order to establish criteria for more comfortable shoulder-harness design, this study was conducted to determine the angle of slope of the top of the shoulders where poorly fitting shoulder harness may produce discomfort and, occasionally, functional impairment through compression of the underlying soft tissues. The mean shoulder-slope angle (measured from the vertical body axis) of normal males based on this study of 55 Air Traffic Service trainees is 67.5 deg. with a standard deviation of 5.0 deg.
Rosap ID dot:20742
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20742
TRT Terms Shoulder harnesses; Equipment design; Males; Air traffic controllers; Photographs; Anthropometry; Statistics
General Subjects Safety harness (Aeronautics)--Design; Males; Air traffic controllers; Photographs; Angles (Geometry); Anthropometry
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Air Traffic Control;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number AM 65-14; DOT/FAA/AM-65/14
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38900/38912/AM65-14.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository