Patient selection: Spanish female athletes > 18 years old
The authors generated 24 equations combining various combinations of:
(1) arm span
(2) sitting height
(3) thigh length
(4) lower leg length
(5) upper arm length
(6) foot length
(7) forearm length
(8) hand length
most accurate height estimate in cm =
= (0.159 * (arm span in cm)) + (0.957 * (sitting height in cm)) + (0.424 * (thigh length)) + (0.966 * (lower leg length)) + 1.772
where:
• Addition of sitting height, thigh length and lower leg length would seem to be total body height based on sum of segments.
• The range for estimates was 1.96 * 1.57 cm = 3.08 cm
height estimate in cm =
= (0.212 * (arm span in cm)) + 0.975 * (sitting height in cm)) + (1.173 * (lower leg length in cm)) + 1.815
height estimate in cm =
= (0.509 * (arm span in cm)) + (0.966 * (sitting heigth in cm)) - 4.102
height estimate in cm =
= (1.246 * (sitting height in cm)) + (1.306 * (thigh length)) + 0.685
height estimate in cm =
= (1.399 * (lower leg length in cm)) + (1.526 * (foot length in cm)) + (0.776 * (thigh length in cm)) + 45.104
height estimate in cm =
= (2.077 * (upper arm length in cm)) + (1.154* (thigh length in cm)) + 52.044
height estimate in cm =
= (1.870 * (upper arm length in cm)) + (1.63 * (forearm length in cm)) + (1.278 * (hand length in cm)) + 46.344
height estimate in cm =
= (2.105 * (upper arm length in cm)) + (1.966 * (forearm length in cm)) + 53.97
Limitations:
• The measurements must be taken accurately.
• R-squared for the first equation was 0.96. R-squared for the last was 0.77.
