Demi-span as a measure of skeletal size.
Height and demi-span (sternal notch to finger roots with arm out-stretched laterally) were measured using standard procedures in 125 normal young to middle-aged European subjects. Highly significant correlations (r = 0.74) were obtained between the two variables. The reliability of all measurements was good. The standard deviation of the differences on retest was always less than +/- 0.5 cm. Demi-span is therefore a practical alternative measurement of skeletal size.
D000328:Adult; D001824:Body Constitution; D001827:Body Height; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012863:Skeleton