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relative weight of human body parts

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robonave

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Sep 28, 2002
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I have been asked to design a new chair for disable people which could rotate from normal position to horizontal position. To analyze forces on the mechanism I need the weight distribution of the various parts of human body for differents percentile can anybody help me?
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