Leg length - Kashicho

Japanese: 下肢長 - かしちょう
Leg length - Kashicho

…Upper limb length (acromion height – middle finger tip height) and trunk length (superior border height – anterior iliac spine height) are calculated from these measurements. Lower limb length is often estimated from the upper border height of the pubic symphysis or the anterior iliac spine height. Acromion width (distance between the outermost edges of the left and right acromias), pelvic width, transverse chest diameter, anterior-posterior chest diameter, hand length, hand width, foot length, foot width, etc. are also calculated. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "lower limb length" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらの計測値から上肢長(肩峰高-中指端高),軀幹長(胸骨上縁高-前腸骨棘高)を求める。下肢長は恥骨結合上縁高または前腸骨棘高を推定値とすることが多い。肩峰幅(左右の肩峰の最外側縁の距離)や,骨盤幅,胸横径,胸前後径,手長,手幅,足長,足幅等も求める。…

※「下肢長」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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