AN ENGINEERING STUDY OF THE HUMAN PELVIS USING MODELS AND DATA FROM THE LITERATURE

The paper presents a human pelvis study, building on data and methods sourced from the literature. The study provided a better understanding of the main pelvic parameters, including Sagittal Pelvic Thickness (SPT), that can be applied in designing industrial trunk support exoskeletons and their test benches. In addition, the study improved on the methods presented in the literature by developing models capable of calculating various human pelvic dimensions from different data. Electronic spreadsheets were also developed to calculate SPT from a variety of available information. Trigonometric methods proposed in the literature were used to calculate SPT, and the results were compared with those obtained from literature data. This study will make it possible to optimize the pelvis simulator in the Politecnico di Torino Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) industrial exoskeleton test bench prototype. This prototype replicates the human body by means of a trunk simulator and a pelvis simulator which currently has a non-adjustable SPT. As a result of the study, a new pelvis simulator can be designed with provision for anthropometric adjustments to simulate different adult human bodies. This information will also be used to design and construct a human pelvis model featuring all its geometric parameters