Arm span as an independent predictor of pulmonary function parameters: Validation and reference values

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-366

  Golshan, Mohammad ^a   Crapo, Robert O ^b   Amra, Babak ^a   Jensen, Robert L ^b   Golshan, Roozbeh ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Bamdad Respiratory Research Center   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm span; Prediction value; Pulmonary function; Reference value; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERROR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; SPIROMETRY; STANDING; VOLUNTEER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 34547409903     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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