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Measuring height
EHES Training Material
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Exclusion criteria
Height is not measured if participant • is immobile or in a wheelchair • has severe difficulties in standing straight• has a hairstyle which prevents the proper use
of the equipment • is taller than the maximum height of the
stadiometer• refuses
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Equipment • Portable or fixed stadiometer• Steps • Carpenter’s level• Length rod
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Clothing and standing position
• Ask the participant to take off shoes, heavy outer garments and hair ornaments etc.
• Check that the back of the head, shoulder blades, buttocks and heels are touching or in line with the stadiometer
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• Ask the participant to stand still • Weight evenly on
both feet in a normal standing position
• Check the straight standing position from the front
Standing position
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Posture of the head• Check that the ear
canal is in line with the cheek bone
• Lower the head piece of the stadiometer so that the hair is pressed flat
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Reading the result• Read the result from your eye level
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Tall participants• When the participant
is taller than you are, use steps
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Recording
• Record height to the nearest mm, or to the resolution of the stadiometer
• Specify and record reason, if you did not measure height
• Record the number of the measurement device
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Acknowledgements• Slides
• Johanna Mäki-Opas, Hanna Tolonen, Päivikki Koponen• Photographs
• Hanna Tolonen• Measurement demonstrations
• Liisa Saarikoski, Katri Kilpeläinen, Ulla Leskinen, Shadia Rask, Veikko Salomaa