background: background and objectives: the biological variation of body mass index (bmi) and waist circumference (wc) with age may vary by gender. the objective of this study was to investigate the functional relationship of anthropometric measures with age and sex.methods: the data were collected from a population-based cross-sectional study of 1800 men and 1800 women aged 20-70 years in north...

[Purpose] To examine the variations in the lumbopelvic rhythm and lumbar-hip ratio in the frontal plane. [Subjects and Methods] Markers were placed on the T10 and T12 spinous processes, bilateral paravertebral muscles at the T11 level, the pelvis, and the femur. Lumbar spine and hip angles were measured during lateral trunk bending using three-dimensional motion analysis. Data from the trunk la...

waist/hip ratio accounted for only 1·8%. Waist/hip ratio correlated poorly with attractiveness, whereas even small changes in body-mass index radically altered the attractiveness rating (see figure). Further analyses included other bodyshape dimensions, including waist/bust ratio (upper-body shape), bust/hip ratio (degree to which the body has “hourglass” shape), and the leg length/torso length...

Hip-spine coordination, known as the lumbopelvic rhythm, can be expressed as the lumbar-hip ratio. The lumbopelvic rhythm and lumbar-hip ratio can be used to assess lower limb function. We clarified the lumbopelvic rhythm and lumbar-hip ratio during trunk extension. We established a novel set of marker positions for three-dimensional motion analysis to assess the lumbar spinal angle. The origin...

Trevor disease or dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica (DEH) is an extremely rare condition with incidence of about 1:1,000,000. Male to female ratio of reporting case is 3:1, and usually diagnosed between two and eight years old. It usually affects the medial portion of the joint, but lateral involvement is not uncommon. Hip-joint was affected in less than 4% of existing cases in the literature. ...

Body mass index and waist–hip ratio are related to human health and both play a role in mate choice. However, previous research is inconsistent as to what body mass index and waist–hip ratio values are preferred in women and what the relative importance of body mass index and waist–hip ratio for attractiveness is. Here, we made several methodological refinements to obtain reliable estimations. ...

purpose we performed a systematic review to assess the functional outcomes of birmingham hip resurfacing as reported in peer-reviewed literature. methods we performed a computerized search on the data sources up to february 2011. the following text and key words were searched: “birmingham hip”, “birmingham hip resurfacing” and “hip resurfacing”. each of these key words was again searched with “...