My SH measuring history
81 cm very stupidly measuring on the bed for the first time with a ruler in the air
83 cm on the floor trying to sit straight
84 cm on a flat surface with a can which wasn't long enough so it could affect posture, sometimes 85
86 cm on another flat surface with a good can
Between 87-88 something under a stadiometer on an ideal surface table but not ideal leg positioning, over 88 cm earlier in the day
86 cm under the same stadiometer on a different flat surface but it curbed my posture
89-90 cm looking into a mirror with a tape measure
But this stadiometer is kinda bumpy
Just lol
I'll check both my height and SH accurately later when I buy the super accurate and sturdy seca 213 stadiometer
My SH can possibly change because I'm like 130 lbs with very little muscle mass
Quote from: Scarface on August 30, 2020, 11:40:52 PMEasier but room for error is far too high. Dude I started out thinking I had something like an 83 cm siting height. Measuring from your hip line is really the easiest.
except measuring from the umbillicus would leave an even more inaccurate measurment
for a proper leglength you would need to measure ground to greater trochanter on the femur ( for proper femur length itslateral malleolus to G. trochanter)
and the greater trochanter is much harder to palpate to get an accurate reading
I would only rely on sitting height when measured under a stadiometer under ideal conditions
this sounds more like issues with your standiometer than the act of measuring sitting height
It has a few mms of error which isn't a whole lot exactly, I'm talking about other ways of self measuring - wildly fluctuating.
Quote from: Scarface on August 31, 2020, 12:02:48 AMIt has a few mms of error which isn't a whole lot exactly, I'm talking about other ways of self measuring - wildly fluctuating.
i agree im saying that getting a proper measurement of leg length provides even greater discrepancies
measuring to hipline in itself is not a true measure of limb length
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