title: Lower and upper limb length of urban and rural 7-11 years old Turkish school children.
abstract: This study was carried out on 779 male and 755 female 7-11 years old children, who are students of the primary schools in Diyarbakir city center and center connected areas. The average values of lower and upper extremity lengths of children in center and rural primary schools have been compared, and the results have been analyzed with the Student t-test. The relation between lower and upper extremity length averages and height is shown by correlation coefficients. It is observed that in the 11 years old boy's group and in the 9 years old girl's group of the center primary schools the total arm lengths are longer (p < 0.01). Upper and lower extremity lengths are increasing parallel to height. Iliospinal heights are obviously longer in the 11 year old group of boys and the 7, 9 and 11 year group of girls in the center primary school.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tacar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doğruyol
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Hatipoglu
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001132:Arm / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012424:Rural Population; D014421:Turkey; D014505:Urban Population