Twenty four dimensions of the right hand were measured in a sample of fifty female Indians. The means were compared with those of similar measurements in females from Hong Kong, Japan, U.K., and U.S.A. (Air Force and Vietnamese sub-populations), published in the literature. The results indicated that most hand dimensions in Indians were significantly smaller than those of Hong Kong, U.S. Airforce, and U.K. females. Vietnamese Americans and Japanese showed the least differences from Indians. Differences were greater for finger depths and breadths than lengths. These results have important implications for machine and access space design.
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