PMID: 2484500Nov 1, 1989Paper

Physical growth of school-children in Trent. II. Anthropometric standards and auxological evaluation of pupils at the Elementary School

Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunità
E TonelliM Del Dot

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to make an auxological study of the child population in Trento. The study was carried out in three stages: in the first stage standards were established for height and weight, i.e. "anthropometric models" to be used as a reference in the subsequent assessment of children from Trento using an auxological method; during the second stage the most suitable auxological method was selected and the levels of normality, paranormality and extranormality of the anthropomorphic features were calculated; in the third stage, the above-mentioned auxological method was used to assess the growth in height and weight of the individual subjects, taking into consideration the frequency and type of auxopathies in the Trento child population. As regards the first stage of the study, after measuring the height and weight of almost all the Trento children between the ages of 6-11, the average values were calculated and the relative standard deviations of height and weight at the different ages and the weight as compared to the different heights considered. The "experimental curves" obtained were then smoothed by calculating the equations of the technical development curves of the characters examined with the best fit ...Continue Reading

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