Table 11 Percentage Root Mean Square Error (%RMSE) for segment principal moment of inertia about the sagittal axis (Ixx, Kg·cm) 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 19.25 24.24 29.84 76.86 59.87
Male swimmers 26.00 18.75 20.48 82.82 57.48
Female swimmers 23.13 32.63 33.96 97.50 63.43
Trunk Adult male 29.33 12.82 6.20 29.07 6.07
Male swimmers 15.24 13.85 11.10 22.63 6.74
Female swimmers 15.98 7.61 9.19 27.19 9.14
Head + Trunk Adult male 8.52 12.78 7.93 32.17 6.63
Male swimmers 7.29 9.23 5.06 24.49 4.30
Female swimmers 9.60 9.49 6.70 33.84 6.03
Upper arm Adult male 14.98 26.91 18.00 33.59 19.57
Male swimmers 18.28 33.55 24.16 30.99 20.43
Female swimmers 18.46 36.61 15.14 50.81 22.51
Forearm Adult male 16.60 13.96 23.75 31.93 20.13
Male swimmers 12.00 17.53 23.05 27.41 13.84
Female swimmers 10.17 22.63 33.80 46.85 12.59
Thigh Adult male 37.23 9.05 45.54 17.91 27.39
Male swimmers 52.30 14.85 72.90 21.23 34.25
Female swimmers 52.33 17.58 42.55 19.81 40.20
Shank Adult male 16.30 41.24 13.40 8.35 12.30
Male swimmers 22.96 49.55 11.89 10.82 16.74
Female swimmers 19.09 40.95 16.25 19.87 25.35
(C) Chandler model; (Y) Yeadon model; (Z1) Zatsiorsky simple regression model; (Z2) Zatsiorsky multiple regression model;(Z3) Zatsiorsky geometric model (Z3).