Is arm span an accurate measure of height to predict pulmonary function parameters?

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-192

  Golshan, Mohammad ^a,b   Amra, B ^a   Hoghoghi, M A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arm span; Lung function; Pulmonary function; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAL CAPACITY; BODY POSTURE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; PARAMETER; RACE; STATISTICS;

EID: 1642525802     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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