5. Stadiometers for Measuring Children
and Adolescents
Although it would
seem efficient to use a stature device attached to a scale, height attachments
on scales are never used. Not only are they inaccurate -- because they
do not provide a firm platform for the measurement -- but they are relatively
sharp, and thus pose a risk for harm to the patient.
It is inappropriate to measure stature with the moveable measuring rod
on platform scales. The headpiece is unsteady and too narrow and the base
[weighing platform] will sink because of the weight of the individual.
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