Body Shape
General Body Shape
Body shape needs to be considered for a proper wheelchair fit just as it is necessary to consider correct waist size for a pair of trousers, or collar size.
People can generally be described as ROUND, MUSCULAR, or FRAGILE
- (A) Endomorphs have rounded shape
- (B) Ectomorphs have linear fragile shape
- (C) Mesomorphs hve muscular shape
Age And Body Shape
Body size and proportions change dramatically from infancy to adulthood. In infants for example the head is 25% of the body size whereas in adult only 12.5%
Gender And Body Shape
In general, compared to men women have the following:-
- Wider hips
- Longer trunk length
- Greater chest depth
- Shorter upper limbs ( shorter humerus)
- Higher elbow height
- Shorter collar bone
- Narrower shoulder width
- Shorter thigh ( shorter femur)
- Deeper and wider pelvis
- Wider hip position
- Shorter and narrower foot
- More fatty tissue