Belt-Niedbala B J, Ekvall S, Cook C M, Oppenheimer S, Wessel J
Dev Med Child Neurol. 1986 Jun;28(3):319-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1986.tb03880.x.
An investigation was done to determine whether the arm-lengths of 44 children with myelomeningocele differed from those of 96 control children; whether the level of the meningocele lesion has any effect on arm-length; and to compare the relationship between arm-length and both stature and age. Mean total arm-lengths did not differ significantly between the two groups of children. However, the mean arm-spans of children with high myelomeningocele lesions differed significantly from those of control children. Within the myelomeningocele group, the height of the lesion had no significant effect on any of the arm-length variables. Very high positive correlations were found between upper-arm and total arm-lengths and stature, and between arm-span and stature in the control children. These results suggest that arm-length may be used as an alternative measure of linear growth in children, and that a single arm-length will be the most accurate indicator of growth of children with myelomeningocele.
开展了一项调查，以确定44名脊髓脊膜膨出患儿的臂长是否与96名对照儿童的臂长不同；脑膜膨出病变水平是否对臂长有任何影响；并比较臂长与身高和年龄之间的关系。两组儿童的平均总臂长没有显著差异。然而，高位脊髓脊膜膨出病变患儿的平均臂展与对照儿童的平均臂展有显著差异。在脊髓脊膜膨出组内，病变高度对任何臂长变量均无显著影响。在对照儿童中，上臂与总臂长和身高之间，以及臂展与身高之间发现了非常高的正相关性。这些结果表明，臂长可用作儿童线性生长的替代测量指标，并且单臂长将是脊髓脊膜膨出患儿生长的最准确指标。
