Dept of Anatomy, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, Karnataka
*Corresponding author: Asha K R, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, Karnataka. Email id: ashakeshavraj@rediffmail.com, Ph.: 9886051964
Online published on 19 January, 2015.
The objective of the present study was to formulate reconstruction of total length of the humerus from its proximal and distal segments in South Indian population. For this purpose 200 (100 right and 100 left) adult fully ossified dry processed humeri were studied. The humeri were measured using the standard anthropometric techniques for total length, 7 proximal and 5 distal fragments (P1-P7 and D1-D5). The length of each fragment was compared with the total length of humerus. These were subjected to relevant statistical analysis for formulating means of bone length reconstruction. A high degree of correlation was found between length of each fragment and total length except for P5 in right humeri. Analysis of data reveals significant bilateral differences of 4 proximal (P1, P5, P6, P7) and 2 distal (D2, D5) measurements.
Humeral Length, Proximal Fragments, Distal Fragments, Correlation, Regression Equation
