We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Assessment of Bone Age Based on Morphometric Study of the Upper End of the Humerus.
- Authors
Zydek, Leszek; Barzdo, Maciej; Meissner, Ewa; Berent, Prof. Jaroslaw
- Abstract
Assessment of changes in the spongy bone structure of the upper end of the humerus is one of the common methods of age estimation. This method was devised many years ago (1894) and has never been verified in an objective numerical testing. We projected an objective morphometric method assessment of the upper end of the humerus. The study was carried out on humeri from cadavers of 88 men and 84 women. The surface area of atrophy of the spongy structure (medullary cavity) was calculated on the longitudinal section of the humerus. A new morphometric method was applied, which allowed numerical presentation of results. The results of the study show a lack of statistical correlation between atrophy of the spongy structure within the upper end of the humerus and the chronological age. Therefore, it can be concluded that the assessment of humerus structure should be omitted in the forensic medical age estimation.
- Subjects
HUMERUS physiology; AGE determination of human beings; MORPHOMETRICS; DEAD; STATISTICAL correlation; FORENSIC medicine
- Publication
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2011, Vol 56, Issue 6, p1416
- ISSN
0022-1198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01889.x