Morphometric Measurements of Calcaneus;Boehler’sangle and bone length estimation

Year 2017, Volume: 38 Issue: 2, 256 - 263, 24.04.2017

İlhan Otağ , Hasan Tetiker Yaşar Taştemur Vedat Sabancıoğulları Mehmet İlkay Koşar Mehmet Çimen

https://doi.org/10.17776/cumuscij.291995

Cited By: 4

Abstract

Measurements of bones give us information about the individual and the population it belongs to. In these studies, in addition to head and pelvis skeleton, calcaneus bone is also one of the other studied body bones as it can be preserved well. In the present study, 65 (35 right-30 left) well-preserved calcaneus bones were evaluated in Anatomy Laboratories of Cumhuriyet University and Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University. With these bones, 10 linear measurements were made and Boehler’s angle was measured. In calcaneus measurements, right-left side difference was determined in body height (BH) of the bone (P<0.05). Boehler’s angle was found 20-400, and a significant correlation was found between Boehler’s angle and minimum width (MINW) of the bone (P<0.01). A significant correlation was detected between all other linear bone measurements except for anteroposterior maximum length (MAXL) of calcaneus and width of calcaneal sulcus(WSC)(P<0.01). By regression of calcaneus measurements, anteroposterior length of the bone can be calculated up to 1mm.Calcaneus is one of the bones commonly used by anthropologists and forensic scientists as it is preserved well. Morphometric values of calcaneus and the analyses made shall contribute to anatomy science, orthopedic surgery, kinesiology and forensic sciences.

Keywords

measurement, Calcaneus, Boehler’sangle, osteology

Kalcaneus’un Morfometrik Ölçümleri;Boehler Açısı ve Kemik Boyunun Hesaplanması

Abstract

Kemiklerden
elde edilen ölçümler bize birey ve ait olduğu populasyona ait bilgiler verir.Bu
çalışmalarda özellikle tercih edilen kafa ve pelvis iskeleti yanında calcaneus
kemiği de iyi korunabilmesi nedeni ile çalışılan vücudun diğer kemiklerinden
biridir.Çalışmamızda Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi ve Muğla Sıtkı Koçman
Üniversitesi, Anatomi Laboratuvarlarında bulunan iyi korunmuş 65 (35 sağ-30
sol) calcaneus değerlendirildi. Kemiklerden 10 linear ölçüm ve Boehler’s açısı
ölçüldü.Calcaneus ölçümlerinde kemiğin vücut yüksekliğinde (BH) sağ-sol taraf
farklılığı belirlendi (P<0.05). Boehler’s açısı 20-40⁰ arasında
bulundu ve Boehler’s açısı ile kemiğin mimumum genişliği (MINW) arasında
anlamlı bir korelasyon olduğu bulundu (P<0.01). Calcaneusun anteroposterior
maksimum uzunluğu (MAXL)ile calcaneal sulcus genişliği (WSC) haricinde diğer
tüm linear kemik ölçümleri arasında anlamlı bir korelasyon belirlendi
(P<0.01).Calcaneus ölçümlerinin regresyonu ile kemiğin anteroposterior
uzunluğu 1mm yakınlığa kadar hesaplanabilir.Calcaneus iyi korunduğu
antropologlar ve adli bilimciler tarafından sıklıkla kullanılan
kemiklerdendir.Calcaneus morfometrik değerleri ve yapılan analizler anatomi
bilimi, ortopedik cerrahi, kinesyoloji, antropoloji ve adli bilimlere katkı
sağlayacaktır.

Keywords

Kalkaneus, ölçüm, Boehler açısı, osteoloji

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