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Measuring height EHES Training Material

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

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Measuring height EHES Training Material

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  1. Measuring heightEHES Training Material

  2. 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

  3. Portable or fixed stadiometer Steps Carpenter’s level Length rod Equipment

  4. 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 Clothing and standing position

  5. 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

  6. 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 Posture of the head

  7. Reading the result • Read the result from your eye level

  8. Tall participants • When the participant is taller than you are, use steps

  9. 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

  10. 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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