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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
Fitim Arifi +4 more
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Estimation of Height from Arm Span in 6-11 Years Children in Odisha, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: Standing height is an important anthropometric parameter to track longitudinal growth, to estimate body fatness and to calculate energy requirement. Measurement of height may be difficult in children who cannot stand.
Snigdha Prava Mishra +2 more
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Is Arm-span an accurate measure of stature? A cross sectional study in North Indian population
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background: The estimation of inter-relationship between various body parameters and stature has been an important tool in anthropometric measurements.
Pinki Rai +5 more
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Relationship between Height and Arm-Span of Elderly Persons in a Rural Area of Ballabgarh, Haryana
Indian Journal of Medical Specialities, 2022 Background: Progression in age causes gradual loss in height due to degenerative osteoporotic changes in bones and decrease in the disc space. Hence, proxy measures of height are required in elderly persons.
Sunanda Gupta +5 more
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Developing an equation for estimating body height from linear body measurements of Ethiopian adults
Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2018 Background Measurements of erect height in older people, hospitalized and bedridden patients, and people with skeletal deformity is difficult. As a result, using body mass index for assessing nutritional status is not valid.
Alemayehu Digssie +2 more
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Height Estimation using Arm Span as a Proxy among Ghanaians [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy and Research, 2021 Height is an important anthropometric tool and most popular characteristic parameter employed in human identification. However, body height cannot always be ascertained by direct measurement due to various deformities of the extremities in patients with injuries.
Joshua Tetteh +3 more
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Paediatrica Indonesiana, 2018 Background Sitting height, sitting height/height ratio (SHR), arm span, and arm span-height difference (AHD) are indices to diagnose conditions of disproportion. Reference data on sitting height, SHR, arm span, and AHD for Indonesian children are limited.
Evi Rokhayati +3 more
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Arm Span to Height Ratio in Relation to Severity of Dyspnea
مجلة كلية الطب, 2012 Background: Arm span is the closest physiologic measurement to standing height. Increased arm span to standing height ratio, which indicates a possible loss of height, due to aging, often results from osteoporosis-related vertebral collapse or other ...
Amar K. Muhamad +3 more
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Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2014 Background Arm span is the most reliable anthropometric measurement to predict the stature of an individual. Age and sex have to be taken into account to the best to predict height from arm span.
RP Sah, A Kumar, RK Bhaskar
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Academia Anatomica International, 2018 Background: Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between arm span, neck length and arm span to height ratio (AHR) with simple reaction time (RT). Methods: The study was conducted amongst 501 (232 females and 269 males) untrained University of Cape Coast students whose ages ranged from 17-29 years.
Ato Ampomah Brown +5 more
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