Height and skeletal morphology in relation to modern life style

Height and skeletal morphology strongly relate to life style. Parallel to the decrease in physical activity and locomotion, modern people are slimmer in skeletal proportions. In German children and adolescents, elbow breadth and particularly relative pelvic breadth (50th centile of bicristal distanc...

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Main Authors: Hermanussen, Michael, Scheffler, Christiane, Groth, Detlef, Aßmann, Christian
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672537/