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- Title
Why does rigor mortis progress downwards?
- Authors
Kobayashi, Masahiko
- Abstract
Determinants of the downward sequence of rigor mortis are not clear, although rigor mortis is an important postmortem change referred to by forensic pathologists in estimating the postmortem interval. We determined postmortem changes in the tension of some muscles mounted in liquid paraffin at 37°C or 25°C, and found that the course of rigor mortis was affected by the proportion of muscle fiber types in the muscles and by temperature. These factors could be causes of the downward progress of rigor mortis.
- Subjects
RIGOR mortis; POSTMORTEM changes; FORENSIC medicine; FORENSIC pathology; FORENSIC pathologists
- Publication
Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2013, Vol 14, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0972-8074
- Publication type
Article