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Procedure for taking length

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- The zero ends of the board should be at the edge of the headboard and
allow the child’s length to be read from the footboard.
- For this measurement two persons are required to make the
measurement.
- The child should be in the supine position (lying on his or her back).
- One person holds the child’s head against the backboard with the crown
securely against the headboard and with Frankfort plane perpendicular to
the backboard.
- This person also keeps the long axis of the child’s body aligned with the
centre line of the backboard, the child’s shoulders and buttocks securely touching the backboard, and the shoulders and hips at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- The other person keeps the child’s legs straight and against the
backboard, slides the footboard against the bottom of the feet (without
shoes or socks) with the toes pointing upward, and reads the measurement.
- The footboard should be pressed firmly enough to compress the soft
tissues of the soles but without diminishing the vertebral column length.
Length should be recorded to the nearest 0.1 cm

Titany answered the question on November 4, 2021 at 11:55

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