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Surface anthropometry
Published in R. C. Richard Davison, Paul M. Smith, James Hopker, Michael J. Price, Florentina Hettinga, Garry Tew, Lindsay Bottoms, Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: Volume II – Exercise and Clinical Testing, 2022
Arm span is measured to 0.1 cm, with the heels, buttocks, upper back and dorsal aspect of the arms against a wall. The arms are stretched maximally and horizontally at 90 degrees, and the measurement is taken at maximal inspiration.
Surface anthropometry
Published in R. C. Richard Davison, Paul M. Smith, James Hopker, Michael J. Price, Florentina Hettinga, Garry Tew, Lindsay Bottoms, Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: Volume I – Sport Testing, 2022
Arm span is measured to 0.1 cm, with the heels, buttocks, upper back and dorsal aspect of the arms against a wall. The arms are stretched maximally and horizontally at 90 degrees, and the measurement is taken at maximal inspiration.
Evaluation of a Child with Short Stature
Published in Nirmal Raj Gopinathan, Clinical Orthopedic Examination of a Child, 2021
Nirmal Raj Gopinathan, Anupriya Kaur, Chakshu Chaudhry
Arm span is measured by making the child stand against a vertical surface with both the arms abducted 90° at the shoulder and elbows fully extended (Figure 16.6). The distance between the tips of the middle fingers of both the hands are marked and measured to get the arm span. Arm span measurement has proven to be a good complementary measure for understanding body proportions. It is shorter than height in conditions where long bone growth is primarily affected like achondroplasia.3 Engelbach documented an average arm span – height difference of −3.0 cm and −3.5 cm in boys and girls at age 4 years, with values approaching zero at 9 years in boys and 12 years in girls.2,4 In general, arm span reaches the value of height at approximately 8 years of age.5
Traboulsi syndrome without features of Marfan syndrome caused by a novel homozygous ASPH variant associated with a heterozygous FBN1 variant
Published in Ophthalmic Genetics, 2023
Felipe L. Lima, Sebastião Cronemberger, Anna L. B. Albuquerque, Luciana F. Barbosa, Francine R. Cunha, Artur W. Veloso, Alberto Diniz-Filho, Eitan Friedman, luiz De Marco
On physical examination, peculiar facial phenotype characterized by narrow, long face and a narrow and convex nasal bridge were noted. She was 160 cm in height and had an 88 cm inferior segment, a 72 superior segment and a 169 cm arm span: the upper to lower segment (US/LS) ratio was 0.82 and the arm span to height ratio was 1.056, both meeting the established Ghent II criteria for Marfan Syndrome (16). Other systemic features suggestive of Marfan syndrome were mild scoliosis and severe myopia, with no other skeletal or clinical features (e.g., joint hypermobility) suggestive of Marfan syndrome. Hands, ankle, wrist and chest X-ray as well as an abdominal ultrasound and echocardiogram were normal. Biochemical analysis were unremarkable. Her mother underwent complete physical examination and did not have any ocular or systemic features suggestive of either TS or Marfan syndrome. Her father was unavailable for clinical examination.
Disproportion and dysmorphism in an adult Belgian population with Turner syndrome: risk factors for chronic diseases?
Published in Acta Clinica Belgica, 2020
An-Sofie Van De Kelft, Charlotte Lievens, Katya De Groote, Laurent Demulier, Julie De Backer, Guy T’Sjoen, Margarita Craen, Bert Callewaert, Jean De Schepper
Table 3 shows the results of the anthropometric measurements for the GH treated and non-treated TS women. An abnormal low (< 5th percentile) standing height, sitting height, skull circumference, hand length, foot length, biiliacal diameter and biacromial diameter was found in respectively 28 (63.6%), 14 (37.8%), 0 (0.0%), 8 (18.2%), 9 (20.9%), 10 (22.7%) and 17 (38.6%) women. A WHR > 0.85, an arm span/total body height < 96.5%, and a SHR > 55.5% were present in respectively 8 (18.6%), 7 (16.3%) and 9 (24.3%) TS women. TS women who had been treated with GH were diagnosed at a younger age (p < 0.001) and had larger dimensions of head circumference, hand length, finger length (p < 0.05) and had, at borderline significance (p = 0. 073), larger foot lengths. The prevalence of AHT (63.2 vs. 25%, p = 0.016), osteoporosis (36.8 vs. 4.2%, p = 0.013) and DM (15.8 vs. 0.0%, p = 0.07) were significantly higher in the group of non-treated TS women compared to the GH treated group.
Physical functioning and activities of daily living in adults with amyoplasia, the most common form of arthrogryposis. A cross-sectional study
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2018
Unni Steen, Lena Lande Wekre, Nina Køpke Vøllestad
Body structures and body functions were measured with instruments considered valid for adults with amyoplasia. Measurement of body proportions was limited to height and the upper extremities. Height without shoes was measured in centimetres using KaWe 44444® (Kirchner & Wilhelm GmbH & Co. KG, Asperg, Germany). Patients who were unable to stand were measured with measuring tape in a horizontal position. Arms and arm span were measured in centimetres with a measuring tape. Ratio arms pan/body height was calculated. In healthy adults, the ratio is expected to be 1:1 [29]. Methods used for measuring the length of upper extremities and arm span are described by Hall et al. [29]. Weight was measured standing with Soehnle® (Leifheit AG, Nassau, Germany) or sitting with Seca® (Seca GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany). Body mass index (BMI) was calculated.