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Measuring height EHES Training Material. 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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Measuring height
EHES Training Material
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
Equipment • Portable or fixed stadiometer• Steps • Carpenter’s level• Length rod
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
• 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
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
Reading the result• Read the result from your eye level
Tall participants• When the participant
is taller than you are, use steps
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
Acknowledgements• Slides
• Johanna Mäki-Opas, Hanna Tolonen, Päivikki Koponen• Photographs
• Hanna Tolonen• Measurement demonstrations
• Liisa Saarikoski, Katri Kilpeläinen, Ulla Leskinen, Shadia Rask, Veikko Salomaa
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