Relationship between Tibia Length Measurements and Standing Height: A Prospective Regional Study among Adolescents in Southern Region of Kosovo

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine standing height in both Kosovan genders in the Southern Region as well as its association with tibia length, as an alternative to estimating standing height. A total of 225 individuals (120 male and 105 female) participated in this research. The anthropometric measurements were taken according to the protocol of ISAK. The relationships between body height and tibia length were determined using simple correlation coeffi cients at a ninety-fi ve percent confi dence interval. A comparison of means of standing height and tibia length between genders was performed using a t-test. After that a linear regression analysis were carried out to examine extent to which tibia length can reliably predict standing height. Results displayed that Southern Kosovan male are 178.60±5.73 cm tall and have a tibia length of 39.93±2.34 cm, while Southern Kosovan female are 165.33±4.45 cm tall and have a tibia length of 35.50±2.07 cm. The results have shown that both genders made Southern-Kosovans a tall group, but shorter than general Kosovan population. Moreover, the tibia length 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 Southern-Kosovans don't correspond to the general values.

Validated predictive equations based on tibial length in estimating height for children with cerebral palsy for 2–18 years, across all GMFCS levels

“…In our study, we found that when age was included as a covariate, the correlation strength between actual height and TL ( R 2 0⋅859) was slightly higher but not significantly different than when age was not included ( R 2 0⋅834). Our finding supports another study that included age as a covariate to the predictive equation based on TL which also found that age did not significantly affect the estimated height ( 13 ) . However, it can be said that both models had strong relationships with TL.…”

“…Lastly, it is important to note that the TL measurements can vary with ethnicity and race ( 13 , 18 ) . Therefore, it is crucial to consider these two factors when generalising the findings to the population.…”

Standing Height and Its Estimation Utilizing Length of Hand Measurements of Kosovan Adolescents of Both Genders

“…Besides arm span, sitting height, foot length and tibia length [3,7,22,27] have proven to be good predictors of body height in our study. Hand length, using deterministic equations has been shown to be reliable predictors, especially about the body height of Kosovan adolescents of both genders.…”

“…A map of Kosovo is shown in Figure 1. A large number of studies has been conducted worldwide on body height to arm span ratios involving anthropometric parameters, using similar samples to the adolescent population of Kosovo in general [3,20,21], as well as on body height to foot length ratios [1], body height to sitting height ratios [7,22] and body height to tibia length ratios [23]. Based on the above research, it is critical for the population of Kosovo to have accurate information as well as body height to length of hand ratios, which are of great importance to medicine, sports, anthropology and other fields.…”

Comparative Study of Anthropometric Measurement and Body Composition between Different Levels of Competition

“…If we take into account that these are the most successful national teams, the small diff erence in height in comparison to the basketball players of the Serbian Super League (198,37), is both logical and expected. Based on this, we come to the conclusion that the selection is well done, and that, from the body height aspect, Serbians as a nation could meet the needs of modern basketball, having in mind that the general population respondents were among the tallest in Europe (Popović, Bjelica, Molnar, Jakšić, & Akpinar, 2013;Popović, Bjelica, Tanase, i Milašinović, 2015;Popović, Bjelica, Georgijev, Krivokapić, & Milašinović, 2017;Popovic, 2016;Popovic, 2017a;Bjelica, Popović, Kezunović, Petković, Jurak, & Grasgruber, 2012;Gardasevic, Masanovic, & Arifi , 2018;Arifi , Gardasevic, & Masanovic, 2018), which is an essential aspect during the selection process. Statistically signifi cant lower height of the players from Second League of Serbia (194,88) should not worry us because it is only logical that the players of lower quality leagues should have weaker morphological predispositions (Popović et al, 2010).…”