Guest guest Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 hi all, if anyone can tell me what is the method that dr.h using measuring the hight of children with assymetry.till now ,my daghter ,was measured lying but now she is too long for that...tomorrow i have an apointment with the endo and i want to be sure they are making it right from the begining. thank you for your time,tikva _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Hi tikva- when christopher is measured he is standing with a book under his shorter leg and then she puts a " weight " usually a book on top of the measurer i hope this makes sense) i think there is an offical name to this type of measuring maybe katy, jen s or jodi z can answere you better!! jodie c. > hi all, > if anyone can tell me what is the method that dr.h using measuring the hight > of children with assymetry.till now ,my daghter ,was measured lying but now > she is too long for that...tomorrow i have an apointment with the endo and i > want to be sure they are making it right from the begining. > > thank you for your time,tikva > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Hi tikva- when christopher is measured he is standing with a book under his shorter leg and then she puts a " weight " usually a book on top of the measurer i hope this makes sense) i think there is an offical name to this type of measuring maybe katy, jen s or jodi z can answere you better!! jodie c. > hi all, > if anyone can tell me what is the method that dr.h using measuring the hight > of children with assymetry.till now ,my daghter ,was measured lying but now > she is too long for that...tomorrow i have an apointment with the endo and i > want to be sure they are making it right from the begining. > > thank you for your time,tikva > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Hi Tikva -- your daughter should ideally be measured standing using a professional stadiometer. A composition book or something of this type should be placed under the shorter leg -- it is important that the thickness of the book be the approximate amount of the leg length discrepancy. Dr. H keeps various compositions books of different thicknesses, and then a log of which kids use which books. Then when your child comes to get measured, they look up which book, and stick it under the child's foot and bam. Holding the child's head in her hands, Dr. H slowly stretches the child's neck up several times. Then uses the stadiometer, with a weighted level, she measures the child. Ideally, the child is measured several times and the average is taken. > hi all, > if anyone can tell me what is the method that dr.h using measuring the hight > of children with assymetry.till now ,my daghter ,was measured lying but now > she is too long for that...tomorrow i have an apointment with the endo and i > want to be sure they are making it right from the begining. > > thank you for your time,tikva > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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