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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 12.
Published in final edited form as: Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2017 Apr;300(4):739–751. doi: 10.1002/ar.23550

TABLE 2.

Anthropometric measurements used in this study

Measurement Description
Femur length Distance between most laterally projecting point of greater
trochanter and lateral epicondyle of right femur
Tibia length Distance between most proximomedial point on medial condyle and most medially projecting point on medial malleolus of right tibia
Limb Length Femur length1tibia length
Bi-iliac breadth (BIB) Distance between most laterally projecting points of left and right
iliac crests
Bi-trochanteric breadth (BTB) Distance between most laterally projecting points of greater
trochanters of left and right femora

Measurements were based on external palpation of bony landmarks.