FBA

English translation: Further to Finger-Boden-Abstand = finger-floor distance or finger-to-floor distance

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German term or phrase:FBA
English translation:Further to Finger-Boden-Abstand = finger-floor distance or finger-to-floor distance
Entered by: Evert DELOOF-SYS

01:13 Nov 9, 2000
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical
German term or phrase: FBA
This is part of a medical report and there is not much context for this particular term. It is included in the general findings, ie - 'FBA 20cm.'
JMcKechnie
Local time: 23:52
Further to Finger-Boden-Abstand = finger-floor distance or finger-to-floor distance
Explanation:
These are some excerpts from many hits on "finger floor distance medicine".

Variables for mobility (occiput-to-wall distance, cervical rotation, chest expansion, thoracic flexion, lumbar flexion, and finger-to-floor distance)
http://www.risg.org/infosupp/research/medical_lit/curr_lit/1...

These improvements persisted at day 14 and, in addition, there were statistically significant improvements in the finger-floor distance and the degree of lumbar extension.
http://amritherapy.com/research.htm

Demonstrated improvements in measures of spontaneous, muscular contracture and in finger-floor distance and the degree of lumbar extension by massaging with ointment.
http://www.amtamassage.org/publications/scienceresearch.htm
Hope it helps
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Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 15:52
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Many thanks for your help and explantion.
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Anthony Frey
naFinger-Boden-Abstand
zeitgeist (X)
naFinger-Bodenabstand
Ulrike Lieder (X)
naFurther to Finger-Boden-Abstand = finger-floor distance or finger-to-floor distance
Ulrike Lieder (X)


  

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5 hrs
See below


Explanation:
According to Pschyrembel Klinisches Woerterbuch, FBA is short for Fetalblutanalyse, Mikroblutuntersuchung am Feten (Fetal blood analysis)verfahren zu Ueberwachung des Kindes unter Geburt durch Entnahme einiger Tropfen Blut aus der Haut des vorangehenden kindl. Teils un Bestimmung des pH-Wertes.

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Anthony Frey
United States
Local time: 18:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 444
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6 hrs
Finger-Boden-Abstand


Explanation:
This seems to fit here, because of the "20 cm".


    Heister, Lexikon medizinisch-wissenschaftlicher Abk�rzungen
zeitgeist (X)
PRO pts in pair: 17
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8 hrs
Finger-Bodenabstand


Explanation:
I agree with Zeitgeist that this is most likely Finger-Bodenabstand. There was a similar query a few months back which also included the phrase "FBA = 20 cm". (See, if you're interested, http://www.proz.com/h.php3?id=11163).

From Leitlinien der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Traumatologie (DGOT)
und des Berufsverbandes der Ärzte für Orthopädie (BVO)
(http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/AWMF/ll/orth-023.htm)
Funktionstest und Schmerztest
-Beweglichkeit Wirbelsäule: Maß für Gesamtbeweglichkeit der Wirbelsäule: Finger-Boden-Abstand (FBA). BWS: Ott'sches Maß, LWS: Schober-Zeichen



    Reference: http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/AWMF/ll/orth-023.htm
Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 3525
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1 day 11 hrs
Further to Finger-Boden-Abstand = finger-floor distance or finger-to-floor distance


Explanation:
These are some excerpts from many hits on "finger floor distance medicine".

Variables for mobility (occiput-to-wall distance, cervical rotation, chest expansion, thoracic flexion, lumbar flexion, and finger-to-floor distance)
http://www.risg.org/infosupp/research/medical_lit/curr_lit/1...

These improvements persisted at day 14 and, in addition, there were statistically significant improvements in the finger-floor distance and the degree of lumbar extension.
http://amritherapy.com/research.htm

Demonstrated improvements in measures of spontaneous, muscular contracture and in finger-floor distance and the degree of lumbar extension by massaging with ointment.
http://www.amtamassage.org/publications/scienceresearch.htm
Hope it helps

Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 3525
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help and explantion.
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