Korean J Phys Anthropol.
2008 Dec;21(4):331-341.
An Anthropometric Study in Korean Humerus
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- 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea. dli349@gmail.com
- 2Institute of Medical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea.
- 3Silver Technology Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea.
- 4SOLCO Biomedical Engineering Institute, SOLCO Biomedical Co., Korea.
- 5Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea.
- 6Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea.
- 7Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine Konkuk University, Korea.
Abstract
- There were few studies about anatomic characteristics in Korean humerus recently. In addition, there was no comparison between Westerner (European and American) and Korean in anatomic characteristics of humerus. The aims of this paper are therefore to investigate anatomic characteristics in Korean humerus and to compare them with those of Westerner humerus. The seventy-two humerus (male : 66, female : 6) were scanned by computed tomography and three dimensional (3D) models of humerus were then reconstructed from acquired cross-section images. The twenty-one anatomic characteristics of the humerus were analyzed and were measured for each humerus. From the results, humeral head vertical diameter in the present study was generally bigger than that in the previous study (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between the anatomic characteristics of the right and left humerus in the present Korean (p>0.05). Humeral head inclination angle, greater tuberosity lateral offset distance, humeral head height in Korean were generally bigger than those in Westerner (p<0.05). This study may contribute to develop an optimal implants and prostheses for the treatment of humerus fractures of Koran.
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