Yahoo

I paid $27,000 for leg-lengthening surgery to change the way I see myself. I used to feel like a child when I wore a suit and I couldn't bear jokes about my height.

Ibrahim Alğan, in a wheelchair after surgery, right, and outside after one of his operations. He paid nearly $27,000 for surgery to make his legs longer.Courtesy of Wannabetaller Ibrahim Alğan paid ...
Nature

Epidemiology of early and late growth in height, leg and trunk length: findings from a birth cohort of Brazilian males

Adult height is influenced by a child's nutrition and health throughout his or her growing years. Although final height is limited by a child's genotype, environmental influences also affect his/her ...
Nature

Leg length, sitting height and postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Tallness has consistently been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. We investigated the association further by decomposing height into leg length and sitting height. Between December ...
BMJ

Relationship between leg and foot alignment and dynamic knee valgus during single-leg squat, single-leg drop landing and cutting tasks

1 Graduate School of Health and Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, Japan 2 Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Background Biomechanical studies ...