The physique of female psychiatric patients

Autor:	H. C. Fowlie
Rok vydání:	1962
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Anthropometry Somatotypes Mental hospital business.industry Mental Disorders General Medicine Psychiatric diagnosis Female patient Civil state Humans Medicine Female business Psychiatry
Zdroj:	Journal of Mental Science. 108:594-603
ISSN:	2514-9946 0368-315X
DOI:	10.1192/bjp.108.456.594
Popis:	Parnell's method of physical anthropometry (Parnell, 1954), which has been derived from that of Sheldon (Sheldon, 1940), measures body build in three components. These three components of physique are designated (1) linearity, which is the ratio of height to weight; (2) muscularity, which is calculated from limb girth and bone measurements; and (3) fat, which is derived from skin fold measurements. The values obtained by actual measurement of a patient to elicit these components are plotted on a chart from which is obtained a first estimate of somatotype. This so called M4 Adult Deviation Chart has been devised so that a rating of 4 in muscularity will bear a constant proportional relationship to stature and is a means of converting the anthropomorphic data into an estimate of the three components of physique. The relative importance of these components is indicated by rating each on a 7 point scale. The first estimate of somatotype obtained in this way is then combined with a visual assessment of somatotype, which is made from a standard three-view photograph, to give the final estimate of somatotype, which must therefore be partially subjective. This final estimate of somatotype is then plotted on a somatochart.
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