ReviewEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2018
Digital anthropometry: a critical review.
Review in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Comparison of Body Scanner and Manual Anthropometric Measurements of Body Shape: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Clinical Assessment of Obesity Beyond Body Mass Index: Adiposity Evaluation, Body-Composition Phenotyping and Disease Staging: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Validation of digital anthropometric measurements during pregnancy: a longitudinal study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Avatar generator: a tool for prediction of three-dimensional humanoid avatars from manual anthropometric measurements.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Feasibility and clinical utility of digital anthropometry for precise assessment of outcomes after post-bariatric reconstructive plastic surgery.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence-driven anthropometric assessment for young children: evaluating the accuracy and practicality of a digital image-based length and weight prediction tool.BMJ health & care informatics · 2025Observational
- Accuracy of Digital Anthropometry During Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study.Research square · 2025Article
- Beyond Obesity.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comparing digital anthropometrics from mobile applications to reference methods: a scoping review.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Advances in artificial intelligence and precision nutrition approaches to improve maternal and child health in low resource settings.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Updates on Methods for Body Composition Analysis: Implications for Clinical Practice.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Innovative digital approaches to characterize core factors of patients with late-stage knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- The impact of different body surface area prediction equations on ventricular dilatation prevalence in youth soccer players.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Increased adiposity and impaired sleep are associated with severity of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Beyond Body Mass Index: Accurate Metabolic Disease-Risk Phenotyping With 3D Smartphone Application.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Digital Biometry as an Obesity Diagnosis Tool: A Review of Current Applications and Future Directions.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Evaluation of body shape as a human body composition assessment in isolated conditions and remote environments.NPJ microgravity · 2024Article
- Mobile phone applications for 3-dimensional scanning and digital anthropometry: a precision comparison with traditional scanners.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Patient perceptions of three-dimensional (3D) surface imaging technology and traditional methods used to assess anthropometry.Obesity pillars · 2024Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
Anthropometry, Greek for human measurement, is a tool widely used across many scientific disciplines. Clinical nutrition applications include phenotyping subjects across the lifespan for assessing growth, body composition, response to treatments, and predicting health risks. The simple anthropometric tools such as flexible measuring tapes and calipers are now being supplanted by rapidly developing digital technology devices. These systems take many forms, but excitement today surrounds the introduction of relatively low cost three-dimensional optical imaging methods that can be used in research, clinical, and even home settings. This review examines this transformative technology, providing an overview of device operational details, early validation studies, and potential applications. Digital anthropometry is rapidly transforming dormant and static areas of clinical nutrition science with many new applications and research opportunities.
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