The body mass index (BMI) is unsatisfactory in being affected by both relative leg length and height, and, for use with children and adolescents, therefore needs to be interpreted in relation to age. The sitting-height index of build (body mass)/(sitting height)³, is largely free of these disadvantages. Furthermore, because that index is independent of relative leg length, the latter can be tre...

Consumer-level UAVs are often employed for surveillance, especially in urban areas. Within this context, human recognition via estimation of biometric traits, like body height, is pivotal relevance. Previous studies confirmed that the pinhole model could be used purpose, but only if accurate distance between aerial camera and target known. Unfortunately, low positional accuracy drones difficult...

Body height and other body attributes of humans may be associated with a diverse range of social outcomes such as attractiveness to potential mates. Despite evidence that each parameter plays a role in mate choice, we have little understanding of the relative role of each, and relationships between indices of physical appearance and general health. In this study we tested relationships between ...

OBJECTIVE To assess height and body mass index standard deviation scores up to 20 years after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Height and body mass index standard deviation scores were measured in 33 patients (14 boys and 19 girls) with childhood ALL at diagnosis, after the end of treatment, at final height, and at follow up 10-20 years (median, 16.2) af...

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between anthropometric variables, body composition and propulsive force in swimmers aged 9-17 years. Anthropometric characteristics (body height and mass, sitting height, arm span, arm muscle area and body composition) and the propulsive force of the arm (tethered swimming test) were evaluated in 56 competitive male swimmers. Tanner's stages...

BACKGROUND Stepping is a common technique for balance recovery. Previous studies have shown that elderly adults are less able than young adults to recover balance by stepping, apparently due to reductions in step length and step speed. We sought to clarify these relations by testing the hypothesis that step length and step speed affect the ability of young and elderly women to recover balance. ...

Body weight and nine morphostructural characters (withers height, rump height, heart girth, body length, head width, cannon circumference, shoulder width, rump width and rump length) of 83 White Fulani cows aged 1.5-2.4 years old were used to study the problem of multicollinearity instability in the estimation of body weight from morphological indices. Pairwise phenotypic correlations indicated...