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Table 2.3 Comparison of definitions of landmarks and measurement items in ISO
7250-1:2017 and ISO 8559-1:2017
ISO 8559-1 ISO 7250-1 Comparison
A. Landmarks
3.1.1 Shoulder point 5.2 Acromion Identical
3.1.2 Center point of 5.6 Glabella Identical
brow ridge
3.1.3 Tragion 5.20 Tragion Identical
3.1.4 Orbitale 5.13 Orbitale– Identical
infraorbitale
3.1.5 Lowest point of 5.9 Menton Identical
chin
3.1.6 Back neck point 5.3 Cervicale Identical
3.1.12 Center chest point 5.10 Mesosternale Identical
3.1.15 Lowest rib point 5.8 Lowest point of rib Identical
cage
3.1.22 Waist level Not defined as a level, Identical
but the same level is
used for defining the
waist circumference
3.1.11 Bust point 5.18 Thelion Identical for females wearing bras
Bust point is not
identical with
thelion, but bust
point is used for
females wearing
bras
3.1.16 Highest point of Not defined as a Identical
the hip bone landmark, but the
highest point of the
hip bone is used for
defining the level of
waist circumference
Not defined as a 5.22 Vertex (top of Identical
landmark, but the head)
same point is used for
measuring stature
3.1.10 Elbow point 5.12 Olecranon Not identical: elbow point is
defined with arm hanging
freely downward, while
olecranon is defined with the
elbow flexed 90°
3.1.19 Wrist point 5.21 Ulnar stylion Not identical: wrist point is the
most prominent point of the
bulge of the head of ulna. Ulnar
stylion is the most distal point
on the ulnar styloid
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