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En los últimos años se ha desarrollado una nueva técnica somatométrica para medir la distancia talón-rodilla mediante un aparato denominado knemómetro. Su elevada precisión permite registrar variaciones producidas día a día, lo que posibilita el estudio de la velocidad de crecimiento con mediciones realizadas durante períodos cortos, así como la constatación precoz de sus alteraciones, difícilmente detectadas con mediciones convencionales de peso o talla. Se presenta una revisión de las aplicaciones del knemómetro en el estudio del crecimiento de la población infantil y neonatal.
Palabras clave:
Knemómetro
Knemometría neonatal
Knemometría infantil
Crecimiento
In the last few years, a new somatometric method has been developed for measuring heel-knee distance using an apparatus called a knemometer. Because of its high degree of precision, day-to-day variations can be charted. This not only enables growth-rate to be studied using measurements taken at short intervals but also allows the early identification of growth disorders not easily detected with conventional weight or height measurements. This article reviews the applications of the knemometer in the study of child and neonatal growth.
Key words:
Knemometer
Child knemometry
Neonatal knemometry
Growth
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