Circumferences

Procedures

• Girths should be made on the right side of the body
• Tension regulated fiberglass or metal tape
• Perpendicular to the long axis of the segment
• Repeat measurements
  • ACSM: 2-3 measurements, record average of measurements within 1 cm
  • ExRx.net: record mode (reproducible measurements)

Measurements (ACSM)

• Abdomen
  • level of umbilicus
• Waist
  • narrowest part of waist above umbilicus and below xiphoid process
• Hip
  • maximal girth of hip, or buttocks
  • Above gluteal fold
• Thigh
  • maximal girth of thigh
  • below gluteal fold
  • legs slightly apart
• Calf
  • maximum girth between knee and ankle joint
• Arm
  • arm in anatomical position
  • midway between acromion and olecranon processes
• Forearm
  • maximum girth of forearm
  • arm hanging downward and slightly away from trunk
  • palms facing forward

Other Measurements

• Chest
  • Upper Chest
    • around upper lats, below armpits
  • Lower Chest
    • at nipple level
• Neck
  • Largest girth below Adam's apple
  • Perpendicular to axis of neck
• Shoulder
  • maximum girth around both deltoid muscles and upper torso
• Arm (Max Girth)
  • arm held freely to the side of the body
  • maximum girth below deltoid
• Mid Thigh
  • midway between the proximal border of the patella (upper knee) and the intersection of the inguinal crease and anterior midline of the thigh

Bony Structures

• Wrist
  • elbow flexed
  • distal to styloid processes of radius and ulna
• Ankle
  • minimum girth
  • proximal to malleoli
• Knee
  • midpatellar level