Table 9
Percentage Root Mean Square Error (%RMSE) for segment mass (Kg) observed for adult Caucasian male (= 10), male swimmers (= 10) and female swimmers (= 8).
Estimation Method
Segment
Group
C
Y
Z1
Z2
Z3
Head
Adult male
13.97
12.99
8.37
23.69
17.44
Male swimmers
12.66
7.83
4.68
25.47
14.50
Female swimmers
11.50
15.50
12.06
30.36
14.76
Trunk
Adult male
16.69
4.94
3.87
8.57
6.49
Male swimmers
10.60
3.00
9.99
5.17
7.06
Female swimmers
15.75
4.69
6.72
11.20
9.41
Head + Trunk
Adult male
13.04
5.20
3.32
9.46
4.10
Male swimmers
7.99
3.18
8.40
2.80
4.96
Female swimmers
12.20
5.82
4.61
13.31
6.57
Upper arm
Adult male
13.47
9.80
13.04
13.58
7.58
Male swimmers
16.88
13.02
15.40
13.87
6.31
Female swimmers
8.20
12.08
13.38
20.27
8.71
Forearm
Adult male
11.20
12.93
9.24
16.90
15.79
Male swimmers
9.60
12.40
7.74
15.65
9.24
Female swimmers
19.57
16.95
17.46
28.36
7.27
Thigh
Adult male
16.45
4.42
13.53
10.47
13.89
Male swimmers
19.81
7.27
24.92
13.48
16.61
Female swimmers
19.36
10.40
10.97
13.23
20.42
Shank
Adult male
12.32
17.01
8.78
6.81
5.65
Male swimmers
7.50
21.13
6.50
8.42
5.60
Female swimmers
13.24
17.82
8.62
10.64
17.24
(C) Chandler model; (Y) Yeadon model; (Z1) Zatsiorsky simple regression model; (Z2) Zatsiorsky multiple regression model;(Z3) Zatsiorsky geometric model (Z3).