title: [Ultrasound-controlled anthropometry--on the development of a new method in asymmetry diagnosis].
abstract: Recently computer-based methods allow the registration of asymmetries in skeleton-axis. In comparison to classical methods the Ultrasound-Guided-Anthropometry (UGA) has been tested in regard to its quality criteria for representing body specific marks in three dimensions. In a sample of healthy subjects objectivity (n = 13), retest-reliability and internal validity (n = 26) have been determined. For analysis of system-quality a standardized cuboid phantom (side length 400 mm) has been measured.
  
  
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  objectivity r = 0.93-0.98 (p < .05), retest-reliability r = 0.97-0.99 (p < .05) and internal validity between both methods r = 0.92-0.97 (p < .05). The analysis of system-quality produced an error in measurement of 0.65% (0.58 +/- 1.29 mm). UGA as a screening method is not a substitute for case-history or classical anthropometry, but it offers useful parameters which facilitate decision making for further diagnostic procedures.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Himmelreich
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefanicki
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Banzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*