This International Standard establishes methods for determining the composition of groups of persons whose
anthropometric characteristics are to be representative of the intended user population of any specific object
under test.
This International Standard is applicable to the testing of anthropometric aspects of industrial products and
designs having direct contact with the human body or dependent on human body measurements, e.g.
machinery, work equipment, personal protective equipment (PPE), consumer goods, working spaces,
architectural details or transportation equipment.
This International Standard is also applicable to the testing of such safety aspects of products that are
dependent on human body measurements. It does not deal with other aspects of the task or other
requirements, such as perception of information (except geometrical arrangement of the viewing targets) and
the use of controls (except their geometrical placement).
Although this International Standard deals with selecting test persons from an anthropometric perspective,
similar general principles could be applied for other test variables, e.g. biomechanical aspects.
ISO 15537:2004 Referenced Document
ISO 15534-3:2000 Ergonomic design for the safety of machinery - Part 3: Anthropometric data
ISO 7250:1996 Basic human body measurements for technological design
ISO 15537:2004 history
2022ISO 15537:2022 Principles for selecting and using test persons for testing anthropometric aspects of industrial products and designs
2004ISO 15537:2004 Principles for selecting and using test persons for testing anthropometric aspects of industrial products and designs