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. 2017 Mar 15;56:229–239. doi: 10.1515/hukin-2017-0040

Table 4.

Specific leg anthropometric and composition characteristics of the participants (mean ± SD)

Runners (N = 13)
Circumferences (cm)

Thigh 52.2 ± 1.6
Mid-thigh 49.2 ± 1.6
Calf 36.7 ± 1.3
Ankle 22.1 ± 1.1

Lengths (cm)

Total leg 91.3 ± 4.4
Upper leg 43.5 ± 3.1
Lower leg 47.8 ± 2.8

Proportions of body lengths (%)

Lower leg to upper leg length 110.2 ± 9.3
Lower leg to body height 26.1 ± 0.9
Upper leg to body height 23.8 ± 1.5
Total leg to body height 49.8 ± 1.3

Proportions of body masses (%)

Total leg to body mass 20.2 ± 0.5
Upper leg to body mass 14.4 ± 0.5
Lower leg to body mass 5.9 ± 0.3
Lower leg to upper leg mass 41.1 ± 3.0