Patient selection: Spanish male athletes > 21 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 =
= (1.023 * (lower leg length in cm)) + (0.957 * (sitting height in cm)) + (0.53 * (thigh length)) + (0.493 * (upper arm length)) + (0.228 * (forearm length)) + 1.346
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 * 1.41 cm = 2.76 cm
height estimate in cm =
= (0.179* (arm span in cm)) + 0.948 * (sitting height in cm)) + (1.376 * (lower leg length in cm)) + 2.354
height estimate in cm =
= (0.527 * (arm span in cm)) + (0.973 * (sitting heigth in cm)) - 9.049
height estimate in cm =
= (1.283 * (sitting height in cm)) + (1.439 * (thigh length)) - 7.517
height estimate in cm =
= (1.421 * (lower leg length in cm)) + (1.518 * (foot length in cm)) + (0.887 * (thigh length in cm)) + 41.771
height estimate in cm =
= (2.232 * (upper arm length in cm)) + (1.382* (thigh length in cm)) + 40.422
height estimate in cm =
= (2.203 * (upper arm length in cm)) + (1.577 * (forearm length in cm)) + (1.4 * (hand length in cm)) + 35.854
height estimate in cm =
= (2.398 * (upper arm length in cm)) + (2.083 * (forearm length in cm)) + 43.424
Limitations:
• The measurements must be taken accurately.
• R-squared for the first equation was 0.98. R-squared for the last was 0.83.
