24 Knee height has been the most frequently used in measure for predicting in cases where full 25 height is difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to develop and validate predictive 26 equations using knee height to estimate the height of Thai women. The female participants 27 were 18-59 years of age and lived in Bangkok and three surrounding provinces. They were 28 assigned to one of ...

In Francis Galton’s 1886 paper “Regression Towards Mediocrity in Hereditary Stature,” Galton analyzed the heights of 928 adult children and their 205 pairs of parents to illustrate his linear regression model. Although Galton’s data have been recalled frequently to illustrate linear regression and regression toward the mean, no one seems to have noticed that his height data do not fit his model...

This study was conducted to determine if VO, of stepping in children is affected by altering the step platform height based on leg length. The effect of leg length on VO, and heart rate (HR) during stepping was examined in 19 children, ages 8-17, who stepped onto 5 different bench heights that corresponded to hip angles of 65", 73", 82", 90°, or 98". VO, and HR response to a work load of 8 m . ...

We examine spatial convergence in biological well-being in the Habsburg Monarchy circa 1890-1910 on the basis of evidence on the physical stature of 21-year-old recruits disaggregated into 15 districts. We find that the shorter was the population in 1890 the faster its height grew thereafter. Hence, there was convergence in physical stature between the peripheral areas of the monarchy (located ...