Jens Burmeister
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4332834 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jens Burmeister |
| PRENOMES | Jens |
| SOBRENOME | Burmeister |
| ASSINATURA | BURMEISTER J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-9682-365X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1988 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Micro and macro perspectives in auxology
The present paper links the two most contrasting aspects of auxology, and addresses the apparent discrepancy between the variability and pulsatility of short term individual growth, and the stability of population derived parameters. When body stature is measured at monthly intervals, an irregular incremental pattern becomes obvious, with a number of large scale components such as series of prepubertal and pubertal growth spurts, seasonal influen…
Stature and stature distribution in recent West German and historic samples of Italian and Dutch conscripts
Based on the standard for the natural distribution of stature obtained from 11,851,168 West German conscripts (born in 1938–1971), stature and stature distribution were investigated in historic samples of Italian (born 1854–1963) and Dutch (drafts of 1863–1970) conscripts. Both stature and stature distribution in the historic Italian and Dutch samples showed a variety of characteristic deviations from the natural stature distribution of the moder…
Children do not grow continuously but in spurts
The description of the human growth pattern in limited largely to the traditional vocabulary of “linear growth rates,” i.e., height or length increments divided by certain time intervals such as months or years. These studies have been performed using conventional techniques of body length or stature measurement with a technical error of approximately 1.5 mm. During the last 10 years, measurements of lower leg length (knemometry) have been perfor…
Knemometry in childhood
Recently, a new anthropometric method of accurate lower leg length measurement (knemometry) was introduced. The present study was performed to investigate rigorously its strengths and weaknesses for auxological purposes, and to promote a standardized method of use. The data are based on 6 x 2200 single estimations of the lower leg length in 90 children of both sexes with normal, tall or short stature aged between 2.4 and 17.1 years. The overall t…
The association between birth order and adult stature
First-borns are smaller than later-borns at birth. We investigated adult stature of families with three or more adult children, aged between 20 and 70 (mean 32) years. There was no significant correlation between size of the family and final adult stature of the siblings. We found a mean height reduction of first-borns compared to the mean of all sibs of -1.2 cm (P less than 0.02 using conventional analysis of variance, P less than 0.05 using non…
Periodical changes of short term growth velocity (‘mini growth spurts’) in human growth
Evidence has accumulated that predictions of annual or half-annual growth rates are of limited validity when derived from extrapolations of short term growth rates. In order to investigate whether the poor predictive qualities of short sections of individual growth curves are caused by non-linearity of human growth, we have studied 73 healthy children, aged 2.9 to 15.9 years, with standard deviation scores for body height ranging between -3.3 and…
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Knemometry in childhood
Recently, a new anthropometric method of accurate lower leg length measurement (knemometry) was introduced. The present study was performed to investigate rigorously its strengths and weaknesses for auxological purposes, and to promote a standardized method of use. The data are based on 6 x 2200 single estimations of the lower leg length in 90 children of both sexes with normal, tall or short stature aged between 2.4 and 17.1 years. The overall t…
The association between birth order and adult stature
First-borns are smaller than later-borns at birth. We investigated adult stature of families with three or more adult children, aged between 20 and 70 (mean 32) years. There was no significant correlation between size of the family and final adult stature of the siblings. We found a mean height reduction of first-borns compared to the mean of all sibs of -1.2 cm (P less than 0.02 using conventional analysis of variance, P less than 0.05 using non…
Periodical changes of short term growth velocity (‘mini growth spurts’) in human growth
Evidence has accumulated that predictions of annual or half-annual growth rates are of limited validity when derived from extrapolations of short term growth rates. In order to investigate whether the poor predictive qualities of short sections of individual growth curves are caused by non-linearity of human growth, we have studied 73 healthy children, aged 2.9 to 15.9 years, with standard deviation scores for body height ranging between -3.3 and…
Children do not grow continuously but in spurts
The description of the human growth pattern in limited largely to the traditional vocabulary of “linear growth rates,” i.e., height or length increments divided by certain time intervals such as months or years. These studies have been performed using conventional techniques of body length or stature measurement with a technical error of approximately 1.5 mm. During the last 10 years, measurements of lower leg length (knemometry) have been perfor…
Stature and stature distribution in recent West German and historic samples of Italian and Dutch conscripts
Based on the standard for the natural distribution of stature obtained from 11,851,168 West German conscripts (born in 1938–1971), stature and stature distribution were investigated in historic samples of Italian (born 1854–1963) and Dutch (drafts of 1863–1970) conscripts. Both stature and stature distribution in the historic Italian and Dutch samples showed a variety of characteristic deviations from the natural stature distribution of the moder…
Micro and macro perspectives in auxology
The present paper links the two most contrasting aspects of auxology, and addresses the apparent discrepancy between the variability and pulsatility of short term individual growth, and the stability of population derived parameters. When body stature is measured at monthly intervals, an irregular incremental pattern becomes obvious, with a number of large scale components such as series of prepubertal and pubertal growth spurts, seasonal influen…
Birth, Development, and Health (5 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Demography (4 obras) · Internal Medicine (4 obras) · Biology (3 obras) · Mathematics (3 obras) · Population (3 obras) · Statistics (3 obras) · Animal science (2 obras) · Demography (2 obras)