Limb Lengthening Forum

Limb Lengthening Surgery => Height & Proportions => Topic started by: billsmafia on May 06, 2021, 08:02:31 PM

Title: How do you measure proportion?
Post by: billsmafia on May 06, 2021, 08:02:31 PM

Tibia to femur ratio. Measuring tape?

Title: Re: How do you measure proportion?
Post by: Future Skycraper on May 06, 2021, 08:05:37 PM

Yep, but xray would be better. you can measure with tape, but not so accurate

Title: Re: How do you measure proportion?
Post by: billsmafia on May 06, 2021, 08:14:59 PM

Quote from: Future Skycraper on May 06, 2021, 08:05:37 PM

Yep, but xray would be better. you can measure with tape, but not so accurate

Just normal xray? Do you get it from any radiologie ctr? What do you requesT?

Title: Re: How do you measure proportion?
Post by: Future Skycraper on May 06, 2021, 11:31:09 PM

I don't remeber the name, but it's the xray for when you suspect of limb lentgh discrepancy, it should come with the measuraments together

Title: Re: How do you measure proportion?
Post by: RealLostSoul on May 06, 2021, 11:36:20 PM

You can't measure this with a measurement tape. Only x-ray.

Title: Re: How do you measure proportion?
Post by: L8GrowthSpurt on May 06, 2021, 11:36:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVm0o8KG2NU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKFNZF8O1o

Not going to be as accurate as X-rays but these vids may be helpful at refining the measurements

Title: Re: How do you measure proportion?
Post by: Iron_Man on May 09, 2021, 12:32:05 AM

Quote from: L8GrowthSpurt on May 06, 2021, 11:36:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVm0o8KG2NU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKFNZF8O1o

Not going to be as accurate as X-rays but these vids may be helpful at refining the measurements

From these measurements, this guy's femurs are shorter than his tibias (40.5cm vs 42.3cm)