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Overview :
Von Dobeln used anthropometric measurements to estimate a
person's fat free body mass. The author is from Kungliga Gymnastiska
Centralinstitutet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Subjects: 16 males and 16 females from 19 to 33 years of age
enrolled as physical education students
Parameters:
(1) body height in meters
(2) sum of left and right femoral condylar breadths in
decimeters
(3) sum of left and right radioulnar bistyloid breadths in
decimeters
where:
• A measurement in decimeters = (measurement in centimeters)
/ 10.
• The
femoral condylar breadth is measured at the knee, from the medial to lateral
femoral condyles.
• The radioulnar bistyloid breadth is measured at the
wrist.
• Measurements of the condylar and bistyloid breadths require
special calipers.
fat free weight in kilograms =
= 15.1 * ((((height in meters)^2) * (sum of femoral condylar
breadths in dm) * (sum of radioulnar bistyloid breadths in dm)) ^ (0.712))
Performance: The standard deviation was +/- 4%.
Limitations:
• Failures
in taking the anthropometric measurements can result in poor estimates. The
points selected have little skin and subcutaneous tissue covering them in
normals. In the obese it is important to apply pressure with the measurement
blades against the soft tissue.
• The
number of subjects enrolled was relatively small.
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