Conventional anthropometric measurements are time consuming and require well trained medical staff. To use three-dimensional whole body laser scanning in daily clinical work, validity, and reliability ...

To investigate the effects of body size and sociodemographic characteristics on differences between self-reported (SR) and measured anthropometric data in men and women. There were systematic ...

Ehrenberg presented the simple law-like relationship log(w) = 0.8h + 0.4 ± 0.04 between the weight and height of children aged 5-13 years. Several researchers have confirmed that this relationship ...

In the present study, the original Behnke somatographic method of depicting body shape has been refined and termed the ponderal equivalent somatogram. Individual girths (g) are converted to ponderal ...

Objective: Abnormal imaging in the patellar tendon reveals pathology that is often associated with knee pain. Anthropometric measures of body size and mass, such as height, weight and waist-to-hip ...

How hard is it to pick the next Usain Bolt, Ian Thorpe or Anna Meares? Finding a world champion often falls to talent scouts and involves years of hard work, but could it be as simple as a 35-second ...