A close second are the springy gizmos the show's dancer-gymnasts strap on their legs that enable them to leap abnormal heights and distances.
Because most laypeople aren't medically trained in the procedure of measuring fundal heights and because, as noted above, an abnormal fundal height can have a wide variety of causes, it's important to remember not to make any medical decisions based on the results of a self-performed fundal height test.
PLRs exceeded 1 in all studies, indicating that abnormal SF height values were associated with SGA status at birth.
Below are many of the causes for an abnormal fundal height:[3].
Abnormal tympanometric peak height of the middle ear system was less likely among participants supplemented with vitamin A in childhood.
Hearing loss in this population was accompanied by ear drum dysfunction, as measured by abnormal membrane peak height, gradient, or volume.
Tympanometry revealed a lower odds ratio of having an abnormal tympanic membrane peak height associated with previous receipt of vitamin A (odds ratio 0.83, 95% confidence interval 0.67 to 1.03), with estimates close to one for gradient (odds ratio 0.97) and volume (0.95; table 5).
The presence of spirometric values below the fifth percentile was considered abnormal according to height, weight, gender and age.
Vital signs (blood pressure, pulse rate, temperature, and respiratory rate), uterine fundal height, abnormal vaginal bleeding, and abdominal pain were recorded.
Every four months the orthopedic surgeons will repeat the measurements of size and location of the abnormal curvature, physical height, maturation characteristics (menarche and Risser sign), brace compliance, and whether or not surgery is indicated.
*Defined as abnormal low or high peak height (<0.3 or >1.4 millimho), an abnormally wide gradient or low or high volume (<0.6 or >1.5 cm).
