Proximal femur in biological profile estimation – Current knowledge and future directions |
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| Institution: | 1. Research and Education Faculty, Medical Sciences Cluster, Health Service Center, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan;2. National Research Institute of Police Science, Chiba, Japan;1. Department of Anatomy, Catholic Institute for Applied Anatomy, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea;2. Division of Forensic Odontology and Disaster Oral Medicine, Department of Forensic Science, Iwate Medical University, 1-1-1, Idaidori, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun, Iwate 028-3694, Japan;1. University of Goettingen, (Univ.-Prof. Emeritus), Fiorilloweg 1, D – 37075 Goettingen, Germany;2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology I, University Hospital of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, D – 37073 Goettingen, Germany;3. Institute of Forensic Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Str. 58, D – 35392 Giessen, Germany;1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan;2. Department of Forensic Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;3. Tokyo Medical Examiner’s Office, Tokyo, Japan;4. Department of Forensic Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan;1. Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Technology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan;2. Department of Forensic Pathology and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan;3. Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University, 47 Jurye-ro, Sasang-gu, Busan 47011, South Korea;4. Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan;1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków Grzegórzecka, 16 31-531 Kraków, Poland;2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków Piotra Michałowskiego 12, 31-126 Kraków, Poland |
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| Abstract: | This review presents an overview of the forensic utilities of the proximal femur in the existing literature. The proximal epiphysis of the femur bone is characterized as a skeletal structure that articulates with an acetabulum of a pelvic bone, forming the hip joint and generally accounted for one-fourth of the whole femoral length. Features that are seen in proximal femora include femoral head, fovea capitis, neck, greater and lesser trochanters, and proximal shafts. These can be viable alternatives for assessing the following biological parameters: stature, sex, age, and ancestry. Therefore, if the proximal femur is the only skeletal element that is available for examination, all four of the constituent parts of a biological profile of an unknown individual can be retrieved from analyzing proximal femora using quantitative approaches. |
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| Keywords: | Forensic anthropology Incomplete human remains Proximal femur Biological profile estimation Morphometric parameters |
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