Anthropometry

Sitting height measurement is an anthropometric assessment used to evaluate the proportion of the body’s upper and lower segments. This measurement is commonly used in fields like human biology, medicine,...

The Frankfort Plane (also called the Frankfort Horizontal Plane) is an anatomical reference line commonly used in anthropometry, orthodontics, and craniofacial measurements. It is defined as the plane that passes...

A height meter (also called a stadiometer) is an instrument used to measure the height of people. The best known are those that are installed on the wall that can...

A knee height caliper is used to measure measure the height of bedridden patients, elderly persons, and persons in wheelchairs, by means of measuring the height of the leg. Compared to...

A segmometer is a modified tape measure with tips used for body measurements (anthropometry) for lengths of bones.

An anthropometer is an instrument that as its name indicates ("anthropos" suffix from the Greek and indicates "relative to human body", and "meter" that means "measure") is used to measure...

NutriActiva's mission is to improve access, quality, and style of anthropometry equipment around the world.  Sometimes the terminology of anthropometric equipment can be confusing.  We've done our best to clarify...

A small bone anthropometer is a tool for measuring width of small bones, including knee, elbow, wrist, and ankle. Here is a comprehensive list of all of the small bone anthropometer...

A large bone anthropometer is a tool for measuring chest depth and shoulder width. In this article you can compare betwen different brands of large bone anthropometers. Buy large bone anthropometer

You can take either length or circumference measurements of the body with a tape measure to know what type of body you have. An anthropometric (body) tape measure should be...

An anthropometer or sliding caliper is used to measure diameters and lengths of different bones in the body. There are two types of anthropometers: small bone and large bone anthropometers. Know...

A large bone anthropometer (also called large bone caliper or large sliding caliper) is a caliper used to measure the diameter of large bones. What is a Large Bone Anthropometer...