ankle breadth

ankle breadth

[′aŋ·kəl ‚bredth]
(anthropology)
The distance measured between projections at lower ends of the tibia and fibula.
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Ankle breadth was measured the distance between the maximum protrusion of the medial tibia malleolus and the lateral fibular malleolus.
Contribution of predicted skeletal mass and fat mass by anthropometric methods in determining bone mineral density in elderly Indian women

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