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BMC Musculoskeletal DisordersBackground Proper muscle tension is an essential element for correct body posture and motion. It should be high enough to counteract gravity and low enough to provide smooth, selective movement and isolated activity.
Mirosław Mrozkowiak +2 more
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Scaling of body composition to height: relevance to height-normalized indexes [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011 Body weight scales to height with a power of ≈2, thus forming the basis of body mass index (weight/height(2)). The corresponding scaling of body composition to height has not been established in a representative sample of US adults.The aim of the study was to examine the scaling of weight, fat, fat-free mass, and bone mineral content to height.Adult ...
Heymsfield SB +3 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.We show that the majority of the 18 analyzed recurrent cancer‐associated ERBB4 mutations are transforming. The most potent mutations are activating, co‐operate with other ERBB receptors, and are sensitive to pan‐ERBB inhibitors. Activating ERBB4 mutations also promote therapy resistance in EGFR‐mutant lung cancer.
Veera K. Ojala +15 more
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A survey of Height and Weight of Students Aged 11-17 Years in Hamadan
پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 1998 Normal growth is the best indicator of children’s health and well-being. Measuring height and weight is the simplest way of eveluation of growth. In this study the height and weight of 1481 students of Hamadan aging 11-17 was measured and analyzed.
Mohammadreza Derakhshan
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COMPARISON OF ACTUAL AND PREDICTED ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CZECH ELITE GYMNASTS
Science of Gymnastics Journal, 2019 In context of artistic gymnastics, the influence of intense training on the growth and development of male and female gymnasts is often discussed. The aim of this work is to compare the attained and predicted body height and length of body segments in ...
Miriam Kalichová +3 more
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Estimation Bias: Body Mass and Body Height in Endurance Athletes
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2012 Body Mass Index is associated with endurance performance in athletes. Reported and measured values of body mass and body height in 1,618 endurance athletes (1,358 men, 260 women) showed that men and women both underestimated their body mass and overestimated their body height, leading to an underestimation of Body Mass Index.
Knechtle, Beat +4 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This research protocol outlines a workflow for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)‐based metabolomics in the agri‐food sector. Using two case studies—strawberry leaves (solid matrix) and wine (liquid matrix)—it details the procedures for sample preparation, data acquisition, and processing.
Andrea Fernández‐Veloso +4 more
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Anthropological Review, 2016 There is a lack of agreement in the literature as to whether adult height depends on month of birth and whether height affects lifespan. Additionally, the relationship between stature and longevity involves conflicting findings and the results remain ...
Chmielewski Piotr +1 more
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2019 Background and Aims: The accuracy of age-, length- and weight-based formulae to predict optimal size of uncuffed tracheal tubes (TTs) in children varies widely.
M Ganesh Kumar +4 more
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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background: Total body height is important for calculating body mass index, drug dosages calculations and other patient care issues. Total height estimation from different body measurements are surrogate measures of stature which is very useful when only
Muna Kadel, Shanta Hada , Shambhu Nath
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