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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 4:49 pm
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I got my legs measured with X-ray and my total leg length is about 84.5 cm.
Are my legs long for my height which is 172cm?
And do you think I will look unproportional after quad lengthening 10cm(5cm fem+ 5 cm tibia)?
PLS don't reply with the proportions don't matter bs.
Wingspan is not an issue, I can afford humerus lengthening if needed. My concern in leg/body ratio
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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 6:21 pm
#2
If you lengthen 10cm, your leg to body ratio will be ~0.52 which is fairly normal. I believe the average is 0.50. So a little leggy but nothing crazy or out of the norm.
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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 6:31 pm
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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 6:34 pm
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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 7:15 pm
#5
You should be more concerned that the average height is 178cm and you’re currently 6cm under it. You’re fretting about minor proportion deviations that don’t matter much.

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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 7:31 pm
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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 10:09 pm
#7
is 84.cm  only your femur + tibia lengths  or includes your foot ?

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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 10:23 pm
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This is only my femur+tibia
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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 10:43 pm
#9
people think proportions matters so much when in reality it doesnt. Unless you're lengthening over 10 cm on a single segment, relax.
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Posted on Sep 9, 2023, 10:48 pm
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do you know you Sitting height?  a portion of the femur is inside the pelvis, so Sitting Height is more observable .  Its also more widely reported statistically.

the median Sitting Height to Height ratio is about 52% for 18 year old non-hispanic white men in US. And round 50.25% for nonhispanic black 18 year old men.  The lower the ratio, the more leg. Black men usually have longer legs in USA.

25-75% white nonhispanic -> ~51-53%  Black -> ~49.8 - 51.25%

If 84.5 was also your Subischial Leg Length, you would subtract that from 172 to get your sitting height, which would then be 84.5 which implies a SHHR of 50.9%. so on the long side for white but right in the middle of black.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32579888/
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