Normative Values of Some Morphometric Variables for Kosovo Albanian Population Aged 06 - >70 Years Old

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“…This study as a part of the project "The exploration of the anthropological status of Kosovo population" was carried out at the Institute of Sports Anthropology in Prishtina, Kosovo, during the period 2007-2016. Part of the data from this study which has to do with male entities have been previously published in two other of our researches, which are also part of the same project (Rexhepi et al 2011;Rexhepi, et al 2018).…”

Stature and Its Estimation Utilizing Length of Hand Measurements of Both Gender Adolescents from Western region of Kosovo

“…One of the dimensions of the body that has been most frequently addressed by research in relation to other anthropometric parameters is standing height, which is widely recognized as one of the most significant anthropometric measures whose values can be used for various purposes, such as assessing children's growth and development, nutrition, overweight, talent identification and energy consumption, thereby underlining the importance of accurately recognizing these values [11]. However, standing height is not always possible to measure in the traditional way, for example, in cases where an individual has some form of paralysis, fractures, amputations, scoliosis, kyphosis, osteoporosis, hormonal imbalances and various kinds of pain [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]22]. In such cases, we need to estimate relative stature using other anthropometric parameters as reliable predictors, such as arm span, which has been established by many authors to be one of the best predictors of standing height compared to, among others, sitting height, hand length, vertebral column length, tibia length, foot length and sternum length.…”

The Changeability of Some Cephalofacial Variables and Stature During a Timeline of Over 80 Years

“…The human body height and cephalofacial measurements are the most measured and studied variables in Biological Anthropology. These anthropometrical variables are over 80 % determined by internal (genetic) and less than 20 % by external factors (socio-economic conditions, mental status, culture, climate and seasonal, physical activities, certain diseases, environment factors, nutritional factors, head position during childhood sleep, avitaminosis, keeping the narrow hats, carrying heavyweights on the head, eating solid foods causes changes to the mandible and the lateral walls of the head, etc (McEvoy & Vischer, 2009;Fagaras et al, 2015;Rexhepi et al, 2018).…”