Medical Devices Clinical Trial Center, Guro Hospital, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Appl Ergon. 2011 Nov;42(6):873-82. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.02.004. Epub 2011 Mar 12.
Studies of palm surface area (PSA) have been investigated as an important reference area unit in physiology and medicine today. Most previous PSA studies have been limited to adults. The purpose of this study was to archive Korean children's PSA data and to calculate an optimized formula for estimating PSA. A total of 305 people, 186 boys and 119 girls all aged between 7 and 18 years, were recruited for this study and their PSA was directly measured by a useful, accurate, and quick method--the alginate method. Mean PSA for males and females was found and the optimized formula for estimating PSA was computed. It would be meaningful to note that this trial was the first to generate data from Korean children, which could be widely available for utilization in anthropometry, toxicology research, thermal physiology and in skin burn studies for Asian children.
目前，手掌表面积（PSA）的研究已被视为生理学和医学中的一个重要参考面积单位。大多数先前的 PSA 研究都局限于成年人。本研究的目的是为韩国儿童的 PSA 数据建档，并计算出 PSA 的优化公式。共有 305 人参与了这项研究，其中 186 名男孩和 119 名女孩的年龄均在 7 至 18 岁之间，他们的 PSA 均采用一种实用、准确、快速的方法——藻酸盐法直接测量。计算得出男性和女性的平均 PSA，并计算出 PSA 的优化公式。值得注意的是，这是首次从韩国儿童身上获取数据，这些数据可广泛应用于人类学、毒理学研究、热生理学以及亚洲儿童皮肤烧伤研究。
