Reconsidering the arm span-height relationship in patients referred for spirometry

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-163

  Capderou, A ^a,b   Berkani, M ^c   Becquemin, M H ^b,c   Zelter, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Arm span; Body height; Lower limit of normal; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM LENGTH; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPIROMETRY; THORAX DEFORMITY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 79251536828     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00199209     Document Type: Article

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