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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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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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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Discover PsychologyArm span is the most reliable anthropometric measurement to predict the stature of an individual. Arm span, hand length, foot length, head circumference etc., have been proven to be useful to correctly estimate the height of a person.
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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]
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The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 Background. Height is an anthropometric measurement that serves as the most constant indicator of growth. In certain circumstances, arm span can be used as an alternative to height measurements.
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Body Height and its Estimation Utilizing Arm Span Measurements in Male and Female Adolescents from Danilovgrad and Cetinje [PDF]
Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education, 2018 The goal of this study was to examine the bodi height of male and female from the Danilovgrad and Cetinje, as well as the ratio of body height and arm span as an alternative assessment of body height.
Marina Vukotic
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Stature and Its Estimation Utilizing Arm Span Measurements of both gender Adolescents from Southern Region in Kosovo [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2018 This study is based on measurements of Southern region Kosovan adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine the stature of adolescents from Southern region as well relationship between arm span and stature in both Kosovar genders. A total measured
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