International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Table 3 Hand measurement examples (Griffin et al. 2019a)
From: The development of a performance hand wear and tools product innovation framework
Measurement | Description |
|---|---|
Hand circumference | Circumference of the hand, around the palm, at the level of the palm metacarpal crease |
Palmar spread | Surface distance from the side of the 2nd digit’s metacarpal-phalangeal joint crease to the side of the 5th digit’s metacarpal-phalangeal joint |
Total hand length—dorsal | Perpendicular distance on the surface of the hand, from the finger tip of the 3rd digit to the base wrist crease landmark |
Total hand length—palmar | Perpendicular distance on the surface of the hand, from the finger tip of the 3rd digit to the distal wrist crease landmark |
Metacarpal–phalangeal joint spread | Distance between the 1st digit’s metacarpal-phalangeal joint and the 5th digit’s metacarpal-phalangeal joint |
Phalange spread | Distance between the finger tip of 1st digit to the finger tip of the 5th digit |