Harmonization process and reliability assessment of anthropometric measurements in the elderly exernet multi-centre study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Gómez Cabello, Alba ^a   Vicente Rodríguez, Germán ^a   Albers, Ulrike ^b   Mata, Esmeralda ^c   Rodriguez Marroyo, Jose A ^d   Olivares, Pedro R ^e   Gusi, Narcis ^e   Villa, Gerardo ^d   Aznar, Susana ^c   Gonzalez Gross, Marcela ^b   Casajús, Jose A ^a   Ara, Ignacio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; ELDERLY CARE; ERROR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KNEE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WORKSHOP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CACERES;

EID: 84864484321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041752     Document Type: Article

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