PMID- 24579511
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140408
LR  - 20140303
IS  - 0189-2657 (Print)
IS  - 0189-2657 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 2
DP  - 2013 Apr-Jun
TI  - Regression equation for estimation of length of humerus from its mophometry in a 
      Nigerian population.
PG  - 135-8
AB  - BACKGROUND: While intact long bones are most ideal in estimation of the stature 
      of unidentified individual, in forensic cases as may occur when natural or 
      man-made disasters present bone fragments, regression equations derived from 
      measurements of these bone fragments have been used to determine the length of 
      the intact long bone. OBJECTIVE: The study reports on the morphometry of the 
      humerus and the estimation of its length using regression equations in a Nigerian 
      population. METHODS: The maximum length of the humerus was measured using an 
      osteometric board while theAnatomical neck circumference (ANC), Anatomical neck 
      diameter (AND), mid shaft diameter (MSD), olecranon vertical diameter (OVD), 
      olecranon transverse diameter (OTD), transverse diameter of the inferior 
      articular surface (IASD), transverse trochlea diameter (TTD) proximal point of 
      the caput humeri and collum anatomicum (CHCAD), proximal edge of the fossa 
      olecrani (PEFO) and the most distal point of trochlea humeri (FOTHD) and the 
      biepicondylar width (BEW) of the distal segment were measured using a digital 
      vernier caliper. Partial correlation and Persian regression were used to derive 
      the linear regression equations for the measured parameters that showed 
      correlation with the humeral length. RESULTS: Estimation of the maximum length of 
      the humerus from the measures of its ANC, FOTHD, and MSD was achieved with 
      relative accuracy. In deriving regression equations for the length of the humerus 
      of the right and left sides, irrespective of side, the ANC and MSD were both 
      significant in estimating the maximum length of the humerus; on the right side 
      only the ANC exhibited significant correlation, while on the left side both the 
      ANC and FOTHD exhibited significant correlation. CONCLUSION: These previously 
      unreported findings may help in anthropometric, forensic, and archaeological 
      investigations for the estimation of the stature of the remains of unknown bodies 
      by using regression equations in a Nigerian population.
FAU - Esomonu, U G
AU  - Esomonu UG
AD  - Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. 
      gugoesom@yahoo.com.sg
FAU - Taura, M G
AU  - Taura MG
AD  - Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.
FAU - Ibeabuchi, N M
AU  - Ibeabuchi NM
AD  - Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
FAU - Modibbo, M H
AU  - Modibbo MH
AD  - Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Nigeria
TA  - Nig Q J Hosp Med
JT  - Nigerian quarterly journal of hospital medicine
JID - 9713944
SB  - IM
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Humerus/*anatomy & histology
MH  - Nigeria
EDAT- 2014/03/04 06:00
MHDA- 2014/04/09 06:00
CRDT- 2014/03/04 06:00
PHST- 2014/03/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/03/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/04/09 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nig Q J Hosp Med. 2013 Apr-Jun;23(2):135-8.