Reliability of infant length measurement

Reliability of infant length measurement

The reliability of length measurement was determined in 38 infants less than 1 year of age. The SD of a single length measurement was 0.28 cm at birth and 0.42 cm both at 6 weeks and at 8 months of age, comparable with the SD of a single height measurement in previously reported older children. Ther...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of disease in childhood 1995-06, Vol.72 (6), p.520-521
Hauptverfasser: Doull, I J, McCaughey, E S, Bailey, B J, Betts, P R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age Factors
Anthropometry - instrumentation
Anthropometry - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Body Height
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Medical sciences
Pediatrics
Reproducibility of Results
Single-Blind Method
Skeleton and joints
Vertebrates: osteoarticular system, musculoskeletal system
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Zusammenfassung:The reliability of length measurement was determined in 38 infants less than 1 year of age. The SD of a single length measurement was 0.28 cm at birth and 0.42 cm both at 6 weeks and at 8 months of age, comparable with the SD of a single height measurement in previously reported older children. There is no technical reason to prevent reliable measurement of young infants.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.72.6.520