Abstract
An individual’s body build depends to a considerable extent on his girth or side to side measurements, as well as on the components that make up the height. The diameters customarily measured as an indication of the width of the trunk are those across the shoulders (the biacromial diameter, i.e. between the acromial processes of the scapulae), and across the hips (the biiliac diameter, i.e. between the most lateral parts of the iliac crests). The diameters are largely a measure of body widths, though overlying fat is included. The fat contribution is minimised in the measurement by displacing it, but inevitably this is incomplete and the amount will vary with the degree of obesity. Estimates of the width of single long bones of the body are best obtained with the biggest of these bones, the humerus and the femur. These are measured at their widest points, i.e. the distance between the medial and lateral condyles at the flexed elbow and knee.
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Buckler, J.M.H. (1990). Shoulders and Hips, Elbows and Knees. In: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Growth. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1721-6_5
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