yesterday we had an anthropometric workshop for the class Nutrition Care Process, where we had the chance to pinch each others' fats. we paired up and got to do some hands on taking anthropometric measures on our partners. those measures include the basic weight and height, and then knee height, demi-span, waist/hip circumference, mid-arm circumference, and the tricep skinfold test.
i was measured 2 cm shorter than my shortest height ever measured so i really doubt the accuracy of these measures... a poor workman blames his tools? maybe? but all the people i spoke with were measured to be about 2 cm shorter than the height they recall... so hmm.
the tricep skinfold test was the most memorable. i should try to upload the photo of how my arm looked like after the tricep skinfold test. the process involves using a pen to mark:
1) the tip/end of the shoulder blade
2) the start of the radius (radial bone)
3) the mid-arm, which would be the midpoint of 1) and 2)
4) a horizontal line at the mid-arm tricep region
5) a vertical line at the mid-arm tricep region pass the tricep muscle
so that's 5 pen marks in total.
the horizontal and and vertical line would form a cross where by the tricep skinfold test could be performed by pinching the fats using the cross as a guide. and using the calipers to measure the fats there.
5 marks is not too bad actually, but the thing is my partner marked up #1 incorrectly... thus everything else was marked up wrong and the measurements were not accurate. so she did it again... then to realize #2 was not marked up properly, which affected the other markings. and so she did it again.... thank goodness the third attempt was a success. by the end i had 5 x3 pen markings on my arm, which is about 15 marks and my tricep region is bruised up from the pinching by fingers and calipers. lol.
so... the tricep skinfold test really left a deep impression on me, no pun intended.
i was measured 2 cm shorter than my shortest height ever measured so i really doubt the accuracy of these measures... a poor workman blames his tools? maybe? but all the people i spoke with were measured to be about 2 cm shorter than the height they recall... so hmm.
the tricep skinfold test was the most memorable. i should try to upload the photo of how my arm looked like after the tricep skinfold test. the process involves using a pen to mark:
1) the tip/end of the shoulder blade
2) the start of the radius (radial bone)
3) the mid-arm, which would be the midpoint of 1) and 2)
4) a horizontal line at the mid-arm tricep region
5) a vertical line at the mid-arm tricep region pass the tricep muscle
so that's 5 pen marks in total.
the horizontal and and vertical line would form a cross where by the tricep skinfold test could be performed by pinching the fats using the cross as a guide. and using the calipers to measure the fats there.
5 marks is not too bad actually, but the thing is my partner marked up #1 incorrectly... thus everything else was marked up wrong and the measurements were not accurate. so she did it again... then to realize #2 was not marked up properly, which affected the other markings. and so she did it again.... thank goodness the third attempt was a success. by the end i had 5 x3 pen markings on my arm, which is about 15 marks and my tricep region is bruised up from the pinching by fingers and calipers. lol.
so... the tricep skinfold test really left a deep impression on me, no pun intended.
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I will fail these tests for sure. Hey, can you remove the need to prove that I am not a robot each time I leave a message? It deters the desire to leave message.
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