健康な若者の前腕と下肢の長さを用いて身長を推定する
Minami Sato1, Atsuya Otsuka1, Takayoshi Saito1
1Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences at Odawara, International University of Health and Welfare: 1-2-25 Shiroyama, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa 250-8588, Japan.
Journal of physical therapy science
|February 17, 2026
まとめ
新しい回帰方程式は,前腕と下肢の測定を用いて身長を推定します. このシンプルで非侵襲的な方法は,測定テープだけで若い成人の身長を正確に推定します.
科学分野:
- アントロポメトリー・アンソポメトリー
- バイオメトリック情報
- 人間の生理学 人間生理学
背景:
- 正確な身長測定は,さまざまな健康診断に不可欠です.
- 伝統的な身長測定は,特定の状況では難しいことがあります.
- 肢の長さは,非侵襲的な身長推定の可能性を秘めています.
研究 の 目的:
- 高さを予測するための回帰方程式を開発し,検証する.
- 高さを推定するために前腕と下肢の長さを活用します.
- 若者の身長を測定するためのシンプルで非侵襲的な方法の確立.
主な方法:
- 81人の大学生 (41人の男性,40人の女性) を募集しました.
- 立身の高さ,仰向けの高さ,前腕の長さ,下肢の長さを測定しました.
- 相関分析と回帰分析を用いてデータを分析した.
主要な成果:
- 強い相関関係 (r=0.846) が,四肢の全長と立身の高さとの間に発見されました.
- 開発した回帰方程式:高さ (cm) = 1.6 × 全長 (cm) + 67.0.
- この方程式により,0.72.7の決定係数が得られました.
結論:
- 開発された式は,迅速かつ非侵襲的な身長推定方法を提供します.
- 標準的な測定テープのみを必要とし,Equipment-Light.になります.
- 災害医療,緊急対応,学校保健,栄養評価など,さまざまな環境で適用できます.
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