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Analysis of Limb segment length to the total body height among the undergraduate students in a medical college of Nepal

open access: yesAsian 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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Survey of Weight and Height of Infants in Hamadan City , Iran

open access: yesپزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 1997
A survey with a sample of 460 was carried out to determine the weight and height of infants in Hamadan city , Iran. The results show that the prevalence of the low-birth-weight in 10%. The results indicate that the mean and median of the infant’s weight
Hosein Mahjub   +2 more
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Anthropometry and body composition of 18 year old men according to duration of breast feeding: birth cohort study from Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Objective: To assess the association between duration of breast feeding and measures of adiposity in adolescence. Design: Population based birth cohort study.
Cole, T.J., Treleaven, P., Wells, J.C.K.
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The effect of plyometric exercise on bone mineralisation and physical fitness in adolescents

open access: yesPhysiotherapy Quarterly
Introduction Plyometric exercise is the preferred type of exercise to promote bone health due to its role on providing high-impact loading of bone tissue.
Syahrul Syahrul   +3 more
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High levels of childhood obesity observed among 3- to 7-year-old New Zealand Pacific children is a public health concern. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This cross-sectional, community-based survey was designed to assess attained growth and body composition of 3- to 7-y-old Pacific children (n = 21 boys and 20 girls) living in Dunedin, New Zealand, and to examine nondietary factors associated with the ...
Ailsa Goulding   +39 more
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The Accuracy of the Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape for Weight Estimation in an Omani Paediatric Population

open access: yesSultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2017
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of the Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape (BT) for estimating weight in an Omani paediatric population at a tertiary care hospital.
Azher A. Al-Busaidi   +2 more
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Estimation Bias: Body Mass and Body Height in Endurance Athletes

open access: yesPerceptual 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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Perioperative visual loss with non-ocular surgery: Case report and review of literature

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014
Perioperative visual loss (POVL), a rare but devastating complication, has been reported after spine, cardiac, and head-neck surgeries.The various causes include ischemic optic neuropathy, central or branch retinal artery occlusion, and cortical ...
Nidhi Pandey   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social background, adult body-height and health [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Epidemiology, 1999
To study the socio-demographic determinants of body-height and the bearing of these determinants on the association between body-height and health among Finnish adults.Cross-sectional population survey including questions on social background, body-height and health, and retrospective questions on childhood living conditions.
Ossi Rahkonen   +2 more
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Association between body height and chronic low back pain: a follow-up in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2015
Objective To study potential associations between body height and subsequent occurrence of chronic low back pain (LBP). Design Prospective cohort study. Setting The North-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT).
I. Heuch, Ivar Heuch, K. Hagen, J. Zwart
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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