TY  - JOUR
A1  - Voigt, Andrea
A1  - Greil, Holle
T1  - Body measurements and the variability of sitting postures at preschool age as preconditions for an optimal adjustment of chairs and tables
N2  - Preschool age is a biological stage of intensive longitudinal growth with high plasticity of the growing body and of body postures. It is the period where children learn to persist in a sitting posture for a longer time and to use furniture like chairs or other body supporting systems. The growing body shows a special sensitivity for the manifestation of inappropriate postures. In this study the development of body measurements and sitting behaviour of preschool age children is investigated as a precondition for an optimal adjustment of seats and desks to the growing body. Accordingly to the instructions of Knußmann (1988) and Jürgens (1988) 6 body measurements were taken from 122 German children aged 3 to 7 years from Potsdam, Province Brandenburg. Additionally, every child was videotaped for 10 minutes while crayoning in a sitting position of its own choice using a chair and a desk. To analyse the tapes, the software Noldus Observer was used and examined, picture by picture, to define the different types of sitting postures as well as the duration of persistence in a posture and the number of changes of postures. The used chairs and desks were also measured. Furthermore, the data of the furniture guideline DIN ISO 5970 (DIN, 1981), which regulates the dimensions of furniture for sitting in educational institutions, were compared with the results of the body measurements and with the dimensions of the furniture used by the children.
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/aa
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-5548/2009/0006
SN  - 0003-5548
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Trippo, Ulrike
A1  - Greil, Holle
T1  - Body composition, nutrition and nutritional habits of young and elderly adults
Y1  - 1998
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheffler, Christiane
A1  - Greil, Holle
A1  - Hermanussen, Michael
T1  - The association between weight, height, and head circumference reconsidered
JF  - Pediatric Research
N2  - BACKGROUND: Under normal nutritional and health conditions, body height, weight and head circumference are significantly related. We hypothesize that the apparent general association between weight, height, and head circumference of the growing child might be misleading. METHODS: We reanalyzed data of 7,444 boys and 7,375 girls measured in East-Germany between 1986 and 1990, aged from 0 to 7 y with measurements of body length/height, leg length, sitting height, biacromial shoulder breadth, thoracic breadth, thoracic depth, thoracic circumference, body weight, head volume, percentage of body fat, and hip skinfold vertical, using principal component analysis. RESULTS: Strong associations exist between skeletal growth, fat accumulation, and head volume increments. Yet in spite of this general proportionality, skeletal growth, fat acquisition, and head growth exhibit different patterns. Three components explain between almost 60% and more than 75% of cumulative variance between birth and age 7 y. Parameters of skeletal growth predominantly load on the first component and clearly separate from indicators of fat deposition. After age of 2 y, head volume loads on a separate third component in both sexes indicating independence of head growth. CONCLUSION: Under appropriate nutritional and health circumstances, nutritional status, body size, and head circumference are not related.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2017.3
SN  - 0031-3998
SN  - 1530-0447
VL  - 81
SP  - 825
EP  - 830
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheffler, Christiane
A1  - Greil, Holle
T1  - Body measurements, room demand and movement sequences of the elderly
Y1  - 2000
SN  - 953-96073-5-3
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hermanussen, Michael
A1  - Greil, Holle
A1  - Blaha, Pawel
A1  - Vignerova, Jana
T1  - The impact of the social group on growth
Y1  - 2001
SN  - 3-89873-228-2
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Greil, Holle
A1  - Trippo, Ulrike
T1  - Physique and body composition : comparsion of methods and results
Y1  - 1998
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Greil, Holle
A1  - Schilitz, Anja
T1  - Does secular trend mean more variability
Y1  - 2000
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Greil, Holle
A1  - Scheffler, Christiane
T1  - Body mobility, reaction and concentration in young and elderly adults
Y1  - 2000
SN  - 953-96073-5-3
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Greil, Holle
A1  - Jürgens, Hans Wilhelm
T1  - Type of body shape, food energy intake and dietary habits in Germany
Y1  - 1995
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Greil, Holle
A1  - Jürgens, Hans Wilhelm
T1  - Variability of dimensions and proportions in adults or how to use classic anthropometry in men modelling
Y1  - 2000
SN  - 3-932160-11-8
ER  -