Comparative study on three different methods for arm-span measurement: the Japan environment and Children’s study pilot [PDF]
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2017 Background Arm span is an important measure for the assessment of growth and hormone deficiency diseases. In an epidemiological survey, with a large number of subjects’ indicators, it is especially valuable to establish methods which can measure both ...
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Correlation between the arm-span and the standing height among males and females of the Khasi tribal population of Meghalaya state of North-Eastern India [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Introduction: The estimation of relationship between the arm span and the standing height has been an important tool in anthropometric measurements especially in cases where direct measurement of stature is not possible.
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Diagnosis of Presarcopenia Using Body Height and Arm Span for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis [PDF]
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2020 Yuichi Ono, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yuji Kasukawa, Manabu Akagawa, Ryota Kimura, Itsuki Nagahata, Yusuke Yuasa, Chiaki Sato, Yoichi Shimada Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, JapanCorrespondence: Yuichi ...
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Stature Estimation Utilising Arm Span Measurements in Turkish Adults [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018 Introduction: Stature is a significant biological profile for evaluating growth and development of an individual. It also provides important evidence in the forensic investigation process to the establishment of personal identification. Stature shows
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Estimation of Stature from Arm Span in Medical Students of Maharashtra, India. [PDF]
Ann Med Health Sci Res, 2015 Stature can be estimated from body parameters in dead and mutilated bodies using regression equation or multiplication factor. However, regression equations and multiplication factors are specific for the region only and can't be used in all population.To formulate regression equation and multiplication factor for the estimation of stature from arm ...
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Utilization of arm span instead of height in body mass index calculation in elderly subjects [PDF]
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2016 Ozlem Yilmaz, Fatih Tufan, Gulistan Bahat, Mehmet Akif Karan Department of Geriatrics, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Fatih, Istanbul, TurkeyWe read with interest the article by Falsarella et al.1 The authors investigated the ...
Yilmaz O, Tufan F, Bahat G, Karan MA
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Reference Values of Arm Span and Arm Span to Height Ratio of Japanese Population in Childhood and Adolescence: Comparison With Dutch and Turkish Population. [PDF]
Am J Hum BiolABSTRACTObjectivesTo establish age‐specific reference values for the arm span and arm span/height ratio of the Japanese population in children and adolescence and elucidate their characteristics compared with those of other populations.Study DesignWe analyzed data from a national survey on the body sizes of Japanese people conducted between 1992 and ...
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Relationship Between Arm Span Measurements and Body Height in Berane [PDF]
Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education, 2018 The aim of this study was to determine whether the arm span predicted body height. The sample of respondents was 89 adolescents from Berane, 52 boys and 37 girls. The boy’s average was 17.96 years, and the girl was 18.08 years.
Milena Mitrovic
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Impact of direct substitution of arm span length for current standing height in elderly COPD [PDF]
International Journal of COPD, 2015 Chaicharn Pothirat, Warawut Chaiwong, Nittaya Phetsuk Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Background: Arm span length is related to standing ...
Pothirat C, Chaiwong W, Phetsuk N
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Relationship Between Arm Span Measurements and Body Height in Plav [PDF]
Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education, 2018 The unusual height of Montenegrin inhabitants of the highland region has been recognised by European anthropologists more than 100 years ago. In light of rather sparse recent scientifi c literature, the purpose of this research study was to examine the
Milos Kovacevic, Jovan Radulovic
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