Relationship between Sitting Height Measurements and Standing Height: A Prospective Regional Study among Adolescents in Eastern Region of Kosovo
Journal Title: Sport Mont - Year 2018, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine standing height in both Kosovan genders in the Eastern Region as well as its association with sitting height, as an alternative to estimating standing height. A total of 364 individuals (185 male and 179 female) participated in this research. The anthropometric measurements were taken according to the protocol of ISAK. The relationships between body height and sitting height were determined using simple correlation coeffi cients at a ninety-fi ve percent confi dence interval. A comparison of means of standing height and sitting height between genders was performed using a t-test. After that a linear regression analysis were carried out to examine extent to which sitting height can reliably predict standing height. Results displayed that Eastern Kosovan male are 178.79±6.07cm tall and have a sitting height of 96.07±3.51cm, while Eastern Kosovan female are 164.60±4.72cm tall and have a sitting height of 90.70±2.92cm. The results have shown that both genders made Eastern-Kosovans a tall group, but a little bit shorter than general Kosovan population. Moreover, the sitting height reliably predicts standing height in both genders; but, not reliably enough as arm span. This study also confi rms the necessity for developing separate height models for each region in Kosovo as the results from Eastern-Kosovans don’t correspond to the general values.
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Jovan Gardasevic
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