Anthropometric Measurements and Body Proportions Among Chinese Children

Cheng, Jack Chun Yiu; Leung, S. S. F.; Lau, Joseph T. F.

doi:10.1097/00003086-199602000-00004

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“…Anthropometric measurements Standard procedures were followed to measure the body weights, standing heights and arm spans, with the participants wearing only light clothes and no shoes [6,23]. Body weights were measured to the nearest 0.1 kg using a standardized scale.…”

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Abnormal anthropometric measurements and growth pattern in male adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

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Abnormal anthropometric measurements and growth pattern in male adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

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“…In the present study, arm span was used for the calculation of the BMI as previous studies [15,16] have shown that the different equations for correction of height loss had its limitation and might not fit every curve. Moreover, it has been shown that there is a significantly high linear correlation between arm span and standing height in healthy children and adolescents (r 2 = 0.99) [17]. Hence, to avoid the height correction problem with different equations [15], arm span was used for the calculation of body mass index (BMI) by dividing the body weight (kg) by squared arm span (m 2 ).…”

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The association of disproportionate skeletal growth and abnormal radius dimension ratio with curve severity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Hung

Lam

et al. 2010

Eur Spine J

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Abnormal anthropometric measurements during the peripubertal growth spurt have been documented in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies of the spine have suggested a disproportionate endochondral and membranous ossification in AIS. The present study aimed at investigating whether disproportional ossification and skeletal growth occurred in the peripheral bone of AIS patients using the radius as the target bone. Skeletally mature AIS girls with different severity (n = 290) and age-matched control healthy girls (n = 80) were recruited. The anthropometric parameters were recorded. The midshaft of non-dominant radius was scanned with peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) and the radius diameter was calculated from the cross-sectional area. Radius dimension ratio was derived from the ratio of radius diameter to radius length. The anthropometric parameters were compared between AIS and control with adjustment for age. The radius dimension ratio was further correlated with curve severity in AIS girls using Pearson's correlation test. The analysis showed that the arm span and radius length were slightly longer in AIS girls. The BMI of AIS girls was significantly lower than the controls. The radius dimension ratio in severe AIS girls was significantly lower than the controls and the ratio of AIS girls correlated with the curve severity (r = -0.120; p = 0.039). The abnormal radius dimension ratio supported the presence of systemic growth abnormalities in AIS. Disproportional endochondral-membranous ossification could explain for the observation. The observation of the association of radius dimension ratio with curve severity provides an important potentially clinically measurable parameter for further longitudinal studies on the prognostication of curve progression in AIS.

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“…The period of changing (breaking) of voice was difficult to be knownin boys. The diagnosis of AISwas confirmed on a clinical examination using Adam's forward bending test [5,11,25], and a standard standing radiograph of the Spine. The Adams test was done in ambient temperature, on undressed child.…”

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“…In the literature, Cheng and al [5] didn't find any statistical difference neither in uncorrected height nor in uncorrected sitting height between AIS girls and normal controls at each age group except for the age of 15, however, after corrected trunk loss, girls with the spine deformity were significantly taller than the controls between ages 13 and 15.Yim and al [25 ] compared anthropometric parameters with severity of the curves and concluded that, the uncorrected height was the same for each group of age and the corrected height in AIS group with a Cobb angle greater than 40° was shorter than the matched control at the age of 12, it subsequently caught up and became significantly taller than the control group at the age of 14 to 16 years old After analysisof data of weight, we see that girls with AIS are underweight at an age of 16, and BMI was significantly lower with p=0.001. Certain authors [5,25] reported that weight and BMI were lower in AIS than in controls, for Yim and all other authors, it was significantly lower in the AIS20 and AIS40 groups across all ages except for the age of 15 years. Concerning boys, corrected and uncorrected heights are significantly higher than matched controls at age of 14, while Wang who studied arm spans and corrected standing heights showed that these measurements were similar, in most of the ages [18] .…”

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Abnormal Skeletal Growth Patterns in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Kaced¹,

Belabbassi²,

Haddouche

2017

Mèd Technologies J.

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Background: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) occurs among children during their pubertal growth spurt. Although there is no clear consensus on the difference in body height between AIS and healthy controls, it is generally thought that the development and curve progression in patients with AIS is closely associated with their growth rate. Our aim is to compare the anthropometric parameters of children with AIS and those of a control group within different age groups ranging from 9 to 16 years old. Methods: It is a prospective, cross-sectional, case-control study which include 431children, 258 girls, 110 with AIS and 148 healthy controls, whereas in the group of males 173, 49 have AIS and 124 don't have deformity. Anthropometric parameters, clinical examination of the trunk and radiological assessment of the spine are records. The statistical analysis is performed using SPSS package. Children are examined from a school-screening program in our physical medicine department in the university hospital of Douera in Algiers. Measurements are assessed, including anthropometric parameters (body height, body weight, secondary sexual characters using Tanner stage, puberty age), trunk asymmetry and Cobb angle of scoliosis. Results: Girls with AIS are generally taller, with a higher weight than the healthy controls with a significant difference at the age of 12 years old. Otherwise, boys with AIS aged of 14 years are significantly taller than their controls. Conclusion:The growth patterns in terms of tallness with AIS are significantly different from healthy controls at the ages of 12 for girls and 14 for boys.

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Anthropometric Measurements and Body Proportions Among Chinese Children

Cited by 61 publications

References 19 publications

Abnormal anthropometric measurements and growth pattern in male adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Abnormal anthropometric measurements and growth pattern in male adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

The association of disproportionate skeletal growth and abnormal radius dimension ratio with curve severity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Abnormal Skeletal Growth Patterns in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

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