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The estimation of adult stature from metacarpal bone length

✍ Scribed by Jonathan H. Musgrave; Narendra K. Harneja

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1978
Tongue
English
Weight
425 KB
Volume
48
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-9483

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Stature was measured (in cm) in 166 (120 male; 46 female) predominantly white adults (age range: 17–87 years). A radiograph of one hand of each subject was taken (for routine diagnostic purposes) and the inter‐articular length of all five metacarpal bones was measured with a sliding caliper. These metacarpal lengths were then adjusted to compensate for enlargement during radiography. A significant correlation coefficient between stature and metacarpal length was observed in both sexes. Regression equations were computed from the length of each metacarpal, by which living stature may be fairly accurately estimated in the absence of any complete limb bones. The difference between our estimates and those obtained by more orthodox methods is usually less than 3%.

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