Sitting height: An analysis of five measurement techniques
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 79 (3), 339-344
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330790310
Abstract
Five methods of obtaining sitting height were compared by taking triple trials of each. Three methods required that the subjects be seated on a table, the fourth had them sitting on the floor against a wall, and the fifth placed them in a recumbent position. Three trials of the first method were obtained without stretching and with the feet unsupported. These were followed by stretching techniques with subjects seated on the table, first with the feet unsupported and then with them supported, then with the subjects sitting on the floor, and finally with the subjects in the recumbent position. All methods were shown to be precise, with the smallest absolute measurements and highest technical error of measurement noted in the floor seated method. There was a tendency for females to yield greater values from being stretched, and for males to have greater values in the recumbent position.Keywords
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