- Make sure the measuring rod of the stadiometer is straight.t
- Make sure the patient is barefoot.
- Remove caps
- Ask the patient to stand with heels together, arms to the side, legs
straight, shoulders relaxed.
- Heels, buttocks, shoulder blades, and back of the head should be against the vertical board of the stadiometer.
- Just before the measurement is taken, ask the patient to inhale deeply, hold the breath, and keep an erect posture (“stand up tall”)
- Lower the headboard onto the highest point of the head with enough pressure to compress the hair.
- Keep your eye level with the headboard to avoid errors
- Read the measurement to the nearest 0.1, repeat measurements and compute the average
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