Anthropometry is the measurement of human morphology. In this volume, distinguished contributors including anthropologists, human biologists, physiologists, nutritionists, and clinical scientists describe many of the ways in which anthropometry is used, and discuss problems associated with different methods of assessment. Topics include the measurement of growth asymmetry and variability in adult body size, measurement error and statistical issues in anthropometry and the construction and use of growth charts in growth monitoring. The use of anthropometry in assessments of body composition, physical performance and fitness is also discussed. The book will be of interest to graduates and researchers in human biology, anthropology and nutrition. It will also be useful to workers in sports medicine, ergonomics, orthopedics, and pediatrics.
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Anthropometry is the measurement of human morphology, and can be used in a variety of contexts including paediatrics, orthopaedics, nutrition, physiology and anthropology. The book describes many of the ways in which anthropometry is used and discusses problems associated with such measurements.
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The chief point about anthropometrics is that any aspect of physiological function depends on the underlying morphology, and the objective way of evaluating and comparing aspects of morphology is measurement. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conditional centiles, distance centiles, height distance chart, military anthropometry, growth cyclicities, velocity centiles, conditional chart, mini growth spurts, conditional velocity, female aircrew, height velocity chart, subscapular skinfold measurements, motor fitness, total body fatness, congenital hemihypertrophy, limb asymmetry, anthropometric standards, body composition techniques, flexed arm hang, anthropometric dimensions, subscapular skinfolds, sitting height, arm circumference, height axis, leg volume Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Force, Annals of Human Biology, Stature Weight, New York, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, United States, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Army Natick Research, Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Engineering Center, Research Quarterly, Archives of Disease, Quetelet's Index, Cambridge University Press, World Health Organization, Human Kinetics Books, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Papua New Guinea, Plenum Press, Military Operations of Female Aircrew, Rocha Ferreira, University of Texas, Academic Press, Armstrong Laboratory, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition New!
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The chief point about anthropometrics is that any aspect of physiological function depends on the underlying morphology, and the objective way of evaluating and comparing aspects of morphology is measurement. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conditional centiles, distance centiles, height distance chart, military anthropometry, growth cyclicities, velocity centiles, conditional chart, mini growth spurts, conditional velocity, female aircrew, height velocity chart, subscapular skinfold measurements, motor fitness, total body fatness, congenital hemihypertrophy, limb asymmetry, anthropometric standards, body composition techniques, flexed arm hang, anthropometric dimensions, subscapular skinfolds, sitting height, arm circumference, height axis, leg volume Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Force, Annals of Human Biology, Stature Weight, New York, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, United States, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Army Natick Research, Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Engineering Center, Research Quarterly, Archives of Disease, Quetelet's Index, Cambridge University Press, World Health Organization, Human Kinetics Books, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Papua New Guinea, Plenum Press, Military Operations of Female Aircrew, Rocha Ferreira, University of Texas, Academic Press, Armstrong Laboratory, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition New!
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- Human Biology by J Roberts on page 158, and page 177
- Physical Anthropology by Gabriel Ward Lasker on page 4, and page 6
- Clinical Nutrition by Keith B. Taylor on page 128, and page 158
- Capacity for Work in the Tropics (Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series) by K. J. Collins on page 156, and page 158
- The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded) by Stephen Jay Gould on page 141, and page 157
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- Methods in Human Growth Research (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by Roland C. Hauspie on page 176, and page 373
- Human Variability and Plasticity (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor in Front Matter
- Research Strategies in Human Biology: Field and Survey Studies (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by Gabriel Ward Lasker on page 125
- Comparative Primate Socioecology (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by P. C. Lee on page 136
- Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by Stanley J. Ulijaszek in Back Matter
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