Mag Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Hey, i was wondering what the height of a normal male growth spurt is (the actual spurt it self) Is it only 1 year - you get this amazing height a year, or can it cover many years? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 I believe it's of the close order of a year, but obviously there will be a spread across individuals. Try googling combinations of adolescent development growth male height duration. Let us know what you find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Posted May 28, 2005 Author Share Posted May 28, 2005 well, i typed in what you said, and found this: "The average growth spurt lasts 24-36 months. Growth during the year of PHV (peak height velocity) in the normal female averages 9 cm/yr and varies normally from 5.4 cm to 11.2 cm. In the normal male, the PHV averages 10.3 cm/yr and varies normally from 5.8 cm to 13.1 cm." on that same site, i found an equation for predicting the height of males and females. for girls: (fathers height - 13cm) + mothers height) / 2 for boys: (fathers height +13cm) + mothers height) / 2 and you should get a height, and from that height you take + or - 2 inches. but its hard to tell, of course. It seems about right, i got 71'' from the equation, added on 2, and there is my height! but im only 17... and i hope i grow more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 If all else fails become an astronaut. In zero-g everyone gains an inch or so. Thanks for posting your findings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Posted May 28, 2005 Author Share Posted May 28, 2005 sure, thing. do they really? permanently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aswokei Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 I never had a growth spurt. I just grew at a constant rate. I was always a relatively huge kid, so I figured I would always be a relatively huge person. Well, I was wrong. I wish I was big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 sure' date=' thing. do they really? permanently? [/quote']No. Only while they are weightless. Gravity drags the individual vetrebrae closer together. In zero-g your spine stretches. Once you are back on Earth it returns to normal.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 ohhh right, of course! i learned about that: that in the morning, you are taller than you are in the day time/evening. because when you lie down, your spine stretches out, and is not being crunched by gravity. but when you stand up, for a few hours, it starts to get smushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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