TY - JOUR A1 - Scheffler, Christiane T1 - The change of skeletal robustness of 6-12 years old children in Brandenburg (Germany) - Comparison of body composition 1999-2009 JF - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie N2 - Overweight as a global problem is a challenge to the health systems today and in the future. Detailed information about the development of body composition in children can help to design preventive measures to stop this trend. In the present study 1397 German children aged 6-12 complete years were investigated with anthropometric methods (i.e. height, weight, BMI, skeleton robustness, and percentage of body fat) in 2008/09. The results were compared with a 10 years old identical study. Today, the investigated children are a little bit smaller and the range of BMI and percentage of body fat is increasing. The large decrease of the skeletal robustness especially in the 10(th) and 3(rd) percentile is important. Decrease of physical activity as the most important reason for shrinking skeletal robustness is discussed. KW - school children KW - body composition KW - skeletal robustness Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-5548/2011/0095 SN - 0003-5548 VL - 68 IS - 2 SP - 153 EP - 165 PB - Schweizerbart CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Voigt, Andrea A1 - Scheffler, Christiane T1 - Manual abilities of the elderly - handgrip strength, finger and thumb push strength and opening strength in age comparison JF - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie N2 - The purpose of this paper is to display the static strength capacities of healthy adults in different age categories. A total of 279 healthy German adults at the ages of 20 to 29 years, 50 to 59 years and 60 to 69 years generated their maximum static handgrip, index finger and thumb push strength, as well as their maximum opening strength on a smooth jar lid of 85 mm diameter and on a knurled bottle lid of 31 mm with their right hand. The results show larger male strength than female strength. Significant age-induced differences appear primarily in opening strengths between the age groups 20 to 29 and 50 to 59 years in male subjects and in female opening strengths between the age groups 20 to 29 and 60 to 69 years as well as between the age groups 50 to 59 and 60 to 69 years. Of greatest interest is that elderly men show the largest opening strengths. KW - elderly KW - torque KW - handgrip strength KW - opening strength Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-5548/2011/0090 SN - 0003-5548 VL - 68 IS - 2 SP - 167 EP - 173 PB - Schweizerbart CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Scheffler, Christiane T1 - How many skeletons do we need? - An evolutionary approach of the change of skeleton measures in school children in the last decade T2 - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie Y1 - 2011 SN - 0003-5548 VL - 68 IS - 4 SP - 519 EP - 519 PB - Schweizerbart CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rietsch, Katrin A1 - Scheffler, Christiane T1 - Association between skeletal robustness and physical activity in schoolchildren - First results T2 - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie Y1 - 2011 SN - 0003-5548 VL - 68 IS - 4 SP - 516 EP - 516 PB - Schweizerbart CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lehmann, Andreas A1 - Tryggvadottir, Laufey A1 - Scheffler, Christiane A1 - Hermanussen, Michael T1 - Menarcheal age and body height in Iceland in the last century T2 - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie Y1 - 2011 SN - 0003-5548 VL - 68 IS - 4 SP - 507 EP - 508 PB - Schweizerbart CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gniosdorz, Birgit A1 - Scheffler, Christiane T1 - The variability of bone strength and skeletal robustness of young men - how it can be influenced T2 - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie Y1 - 2011 SN - 0003-5548 VL - 68 IS - 4 SP - 497 EP - 498 PB - Schweizerbart CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Brinkmann, Stefanie A1 - Scheffler, Christiane T1 - The relation between anthropometric measures of the body and back pain of nurses under work-related physical stress T2 - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie Y1 - 2011 SN - 0003-5548 VL - 68 IS - 4 SP - 490 EP - 491 PB - Schweizerbart CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Voigt, Andrea A1 - Scheffler, Christiane T1 - Manual abilities of the elderly - handgrip strength, finger and thumb push strength and opening strength in age comparison Y1 - 2011 SN - 0003-5548 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheffler, Christiane T1 - The change of skeletal robustness of 6 - 12 years old children in Brandenburg (Germany) - Comparison of body composition 1999 - 2009 Y1 - 2011 SN - 0003-5548 ER -