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    Hi All,

    I have a question that I thought was easy to answer but I can't find a good answer in the literature. I am looking for information on the location of center of mass in the body by age. Specifically, the progression from birth to adulthood. Mass and length of each body segment also by age would be great to have. When searching the literature, I found a lot of information on adults. I also found CDC data on weight and height by age (children and adults) but nothing on center of mass location or segment length and mass. I am pretty sure there has to be papers on this out there but I just can't find them.

    Please help!

    Thanks in advance.

    Mostafa

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    Re: center of mass location by age?

    Originally posted by mafifi View Post
    I have a question that I thought was easy to answer but I can't find a good answer in the literature. I am looking for information on the location of center of mass in the body by age. Specifically, the progression from birth to adulthood. Mass and length of each body segment also by age would be great to have. When searching the literature, I found a lot of information on adults. I also found CDC data on weight and height by age (children and adults) but nothing on center of mass location or segment length and mass. I am pretty sure there has to be papers on this out there but I just can't find them.
    I'm interested to hear of any references you come across. I don't think there's a comprehensive single study that answers your question (although I could be wrong).
    I'd recommend starting with:

    "Changes in segment inertia proportions between 4 and 20 years"
    Jensen (1989), J.Biomech: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...21929089900043

    "Distribution of mass to the segments of elderly males and females"
    Jensen (1984), J. Biomech: http://www.jbiomech.com/article/0021-9290(94)90035-3/

    Hope this helps,
    Will

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