RR-PO-0845

Wednesday 15:00, Palau de Congressos, Exhibition Hall  [Display No. 361]

ESTIMATING STATURE FROM FOREARM LENGTH AND LOWER LEG LENGTH. NISHIDA Y^1), KUBO A^2); 1) Physical Therapy Section, Health Sciences Program, International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School. Tochigi, JAPAN. 2) Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare. Tochigi, JAPAN. PURPOSE: The relation between the forearm length, the lower leg length, and the body height was studied.  The subjects were 105 normal, healthy, Japanese men and women in their twenties. METHODS: The length from the top of the head to the sole of the foot in the supine position was measured as the body height. Two types of forearm length were measured; the length from the humerus medial epicondyle to the radium styloid process (forearm length (1)) and the length from the olecranon to the radius styloid process (forearm length (2)) in the sitting position.  Two types of lower leg length were measured: the length from the knee medial spalte to the bottom of melleolus lateralis (lower leg length (1)) and the length from the caput fibulae to the bottom of melleolus lateralis (lower leg length (2)). ANALYSES: Statistic analysis was made according to the Pearson’s correlation coefficient test between the length of each leg and the body height. A multiple regression analysis was also made. The value of body height was set as a dependent variable and those of the forearm length (2)　and the lower leg length (2)　were set as independent variables. RESULTS and CONCLUSION: The result of the Pearson’s coefficient association test showed that there was a high correlation between the body height and the forearm and lower leg length in the whole and the male groups: (male: r = 0.65－0.85, whole: r = 0.76－0.86). Meanwhile, the correlation in the female group: (r = 0.57－0.70) was lower than those of the whole and female groups. The result of the multiple linear regression analysis showed that there was a high correlation in the female group as well as in other groups: (male: r=0.89, female: r = 0.81, whole: r = 0.92). The body height can be estimated using the regression model gained by the multiple linear regression analysis. This means that, in the cases of patients who have high physical deformation or who have difficulties in making standing position, physical therapy can be conducted based on the data of the nourishment and the body build that can be gained from the regression model.