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• Reference equations for 6-min walk test in healthy Indian subjects (25-80 years)

  Authors:Ramanathan Ramanathan and Baskaran ChandrasekaranFrom:Lung India (Vol. 31, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-March 20142,333 words Report 1700LByline: Ramanathan. Ramanathan, Baskaran. Chandrasekaran Background: Six-min walk test (6MWT), a simple functional capacity evaluation tool used globally to determine the prognosis and effectiveness of any...

• Age related differences of selected Hatha yoga practices on anthropometric characteristics, muscular strength and flexibility of healthy individuals

  Authors:Kaushik Halder, Abhirup Chatterjee, Rameshwar Pal, Omveer Tomer, and Mantu SahaFrom:International Journal of Yoga (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-June 20155,750 words Report 1540LByline: Kaushik. Halder, Abhirup. Chatterjee, Rameshwar. Pal, Omveer. Tomer, Mantu. Saha Background: Physiological benefits of yoga on volunteers of a particular age group are available. However, reports on efficacy...

• Statistical analysis of balance and anthropometric variables of male basketball players, ages 9-11

  Authors:Olga Sevim and Ceren SuverenFrom:Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health (Vol. 10, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20102,426 words Report Basketball is a physically demanding team game, utilizing dynamic movements, such as jumping, shooting, passing, dribbling, rebounding, defending and running at different intensities and lengths of times. In order to...

• For Ice Man, the Band Plays On

  Author:BEN SHOUSEFrom:Science (Vol. 293, Issue 5539) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 28, 2001666 words Brief article BOLZANO, ITALY--Researchers threw a grand bash here last week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tyrolean Ice Man's famous emergence from an Alpine glacier. But instead of giving Europe's oldest mummified human a...

• Anthropometric measurements and body silhouette of women: validity and perception. (Research)

  Authors:B. Tehard, M.J. Van Liere, C. Com Nougue, and F. Clavel-ChapelonFrom:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 102, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20024,351 words Article Objective To examine the validity of self-reported values for current anthropometric measurements and factors related to misreporting. Design E3N, a prospective cohort study of cancer risk factors, conducted in...

• Height, weight, and body mass index of American Indian schoolchildren, 1990-1991

  Author:M. Yvonne JacksonFrom:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 93, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19932,787 words Article The height, weight and body mass index of 9,464 American Indian school children aged five through 18 years were surveyed in 19 states in 1990-91. These were compared with the data obtained in the second National Health...

• Sex-specific relationships between adiposity and anthropometric measures and carotid intima-media thickness in Koreans: the healthy twin study

  Authors:Y.M. Song, K. Lee, J. Sung, Y.S. Kim, and J.Y. LeeFrom:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 66, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20124,355 words Clinical report 1510LBackground/Objectives: Increased adiposity, shorter stature, shorter leg length and carotid intima-media thickening are associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease. This study aimed to evaluate the sex-specific...

• 'Soft that molds the hard:' Geometric morphometry of lateral atlantoaxial joints focusing on the role of cartilage in changing the contour of bony articular surfaces

  Authors:Prashant Prasad, Pravin Salunke, Daisy Sahni, and Parveen KalraFrom:Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine (Vol. 8, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  October-December 20172,720 words Report 1420LByline: Prashant. Prasad, Pravin. Salunke, Daisy. Sahni, Parveen. Kalra Purpose: The existing literature on lateral atlantoaxial joints is predominantly on bony facets and is unable to explain various C1-2 motions...

• Accuracy of self-measurement of waist and hip circumference in men and women

  Authors:Cynthia A. Roberts, Lora B. Wilder, Robert T. Jackson, Taryn F. Moy, and Diane M. BeckerFrom:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 97, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 19971,659 words Article A study was conducted on the accuracy of self-measurement of waist and hip circumference in men and women. The waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is commonly used to differentiate between predominately lower versus predominately...

• Productive simplification in the use of anthropometric nutritional status.

  Author:Stanley UlijaszekFrom:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 74, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20202,340 words Essay 1610LAuthor(s): Stanley Ulijaszek 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK The article by Scheffler et al. [1] demonstrates again,...

• Human osteoarchaeology in Ireland: past, present and future. (Special section)

  Author:Eileen M. MurphyFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 76, Issue 292) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20023,306 words Article Key-words: human skeletons, osteoarchaeology, palaeopathology, Ireland Introduction The archaeological study of human skeletal remains has been undertaken in Ireland since the mid 19th century. This paper examines...

• Population relationships among historical and modern indigenous Siberians based on anthropometric characters

  Authors:Anthony G. Comuzzie, R. Duggirala, W.R. Leonard, and Michael H. CrawfordFrom:Human Biology (Vol. 67, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19956,579 words Article A comparison of anthropometric data recently collected from a modern population of Evenki and data collected from a group of Evenki at the turn of the century by the Jesup expedition (Boas 1903) reveals a pattern of...

• Women's autonomy and men's involvement in child care and feeding as predictors of infant and young child anthropometric indices in coffee farming households of Jimma Zone, South West of Ethiopia

  Authors:Kalkidan Hassen Abate and Tefera BelachewFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 6, 20177,842 words Author abstract 1560LBackground Most of child mortality and under nutrition in developing world were attributed to suboptimal childcare and feeding, which needs detailed investigation beyond the proximal factors. This study was conducted...

• Anthropometric Improvement among HIV Infected Pre-School Children Following Initiation of First Line Anti-Retroviral Therapy: Implications for Follow Up

  Authors:Atnafu Mekonnen Tekleab, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Ababi Zergaw Giref, Damte Shimelis, and Meseret GebreFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 28, 20164,798 words Author abstract 1290LBackground Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a lifesaving intervention for HIV infected children. There is a scarcity of data on immunological recovery and its relation with growth indicators among HIV infected young...

• Single camera multi-view anthropometric measurement of human height and mid-upper arm circumference using linear regression

  Authors:Yingying Liu, Arcot Sowmya, and Heba KhamisFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 12, 201810,221 words Report 1480LBackground Manually measured anthropometric quantities are used in many applications including human malnutrition assessment. Training is required to collect anthropometric measurements manually, which is not ideal...

• Kinematic determinants of scoring success in the fencing flick: Logistic and linear multiple regression analysis

  Authors:Anya N. Michaelsen and Corey L. ClelandFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 25, 20199,878 words Report 1420LSport fencing is an open-skilled combat sport practiced around the world. Although previous research addressed kinematics of the lunge and fleche, there are currently no studies on the flick. The flick is a high-level...

• Spatial Variation of Anthropometric Traits in Ireland

  Authors:KARI E. NORTH, MICHAEL H. CRAWFORD, and JOHN H. RELETHFORDFrom:Human Biology (Vol. 71, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19998,233 words Article KARI E. NORTH [1,2] MICHAEL H. CRAWFORD [1] JOHN H. RELETHFORD [3] Abstract To further elucidate the relationship between geography and genetics in Ireland, we considered variation in anthropometric traits of...

• Over time, do anthropometric measures still predict diabetes incidence in Chinese Han nationality population from Chengdu community?

  Authors:Kai Liu, Sen He, Biying Hong, Rui Yang, Xiaoyan Zhou, Jiayue Feng, et al.From:International Journal of EndocrinologyPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20135,034 words Report 1430LObjective. To examine whether anthropometric measures could predict diabetes incidence in a Chinese population during a 15-year follow-up. Design and Methods. The data were collected in 1992 and then again in 2007 from...

• Novel Anthropometry-Based Calculation of the Body Heat Capacity in the Korean Population

  Authors:Duong Duc Pham, Jeong Hoon Lee, Young Boum Lee, Eun Seok Park, Ka Yul Kim, Ji Yeon Song, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 3, 20153,969 words Report 1420LHeat capacity (HC) has an important role in the temperature regulation process, particularly in dealing with the heat load. The actual measurement of the body HC is complicated and is generally estimated by...

• A machine learning approach relating 3D body scans to body composition in humans

  Authors:James D. Pleuss, Kevin Talty, Steven Morse, Patrick Kuiper, Michael Scioletti, Steven B. Heymsfield, et al.From:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 73, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20196,136 words Report 1450LA long-standing question in nutrition and obesity research involves quantifying the relationship between body fat and anthropometry. To date, the mathematical formulation of these relationships has relied on pairing...