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ASSESSMENT OF STATURE OF CHILDREN WITH MYELOMENINGOCELE, AND USEFULNESS OF ARM‐SPAN MEASUREMENT
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1983SUMMARYThe lengths and arm spans of 99 children with myelomeningocele were measured. 52 of the children had short stature (less than the 3rd percentile): this occurred in 80 per cent of those with lesions at L3 or higher and in 43 per cent of those with L4‐L5 lesions. Stature was unaffected among children with SI or lower lesions.
M F, Rosenblum +2 more
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The Use of Arm Span as a Predictor of Height: A Study of South Indian Women
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2001 This study was undertaken to find out the relationship between various body parameters to identify the measurement that correlates most closely to stature. Sitting height, standing height, arm span and leg lengths of 505 healthy women between the ages of 20 and 29 were measured.
SP Mohanty +2 more
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Arm Span and Body Height Correlation in Pljevlja
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between body height and arm span. The survey was conducted on a sample of 187 adolescents from Pljevlja (Northen Montenegro), 78 boys (18.30 yrs) and 109 girls (18.09 yrs). The measurements was done according to the regulations, and then the variables were compared. We used a regression analysis to
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Arm Span and Body Height Relationship in Tivat
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018The unusual height of Montenegrin inhabitants of the highland region has been recognized by European anthropologists more than 100 years ago. In light of rather sparse recent scientific literature, the purpose of this research study was to examine the body height in both sexes of Montenegrin adults nowadays.
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Is Arm Span an Accurate Measure of Height in Young and Middle-Age Adults?
Clinical Nursing Research, 2000Height is used to determine many important clinical measurements, but height may be difficult or impossible to measure accurately in some patients. The purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of arm span as a measure of height in young and middle-age adults.
J K, Brown, K T, Whittemore, T R, Knapp
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The Arm Span to Height Relationship and Its Health Implications
2012The Roman architect, Vitruvius, had noted in the first century BC that the arm span closely approximated to height. This relationship has been exploited by medical science by using arm span to estimate height in situations where height measurement is not possible.
Maw Pin Tan, Sushil K. Bansal
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Correlation of height with arm span of adult males in Jos, Nigeria
2023This research was aimed at ascertaining the existence of a relationship between the standing height of adult males in Jos and his arm span and to derive equations that will be used to predict standing height from arm span measurements and vice versa. With these equations, adult male height can be predicted in conditions where it cannot be easily ...
Mosugu, O.O. +3 more
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Postmenopausal Anthropometric Relationship Between Arm Span and Height in Osteoporosis
2012Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength predisposing a person to an increased of risk fracture. The most frequently observed osteoporotic fracture is a vertebral fracture, resulting in vertebral deformities.
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A novel lever-arm tuned mass damper inerter (LTMDI) for vibration control of long-span bridges
Engineering Structures, 2023Kun Xu, Qiang Han, Kaiming Bi
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