Differences of mineral content and width of the radius and its relevance for determining dexterity on skeletal material
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22827742 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heiko Reichel (0000-0001-6096-9890, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), H Runge, H Bruchhaus |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 217-227 |
| Publication date | 1990-11-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-314X • E-ISSN: 2749-1587 |
| Publisher | Schweizerbart (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1127/zma/78/1990/217 |
| PMID | 2077773 |
| OpenAlex | W2410267453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The objective of our work was to investigate whether the side-different use of the upper extremities due to handedness produces detectable differences in bone-mineral content (BMC) and bone width (BW). For this purpose 251 recent individuals whose handedness was established, were examined by means of the 125I-photon-absorption technique. Highly significant right-left differences in BMC and BW were found on the midshaft and distal radius. Discrimination functions based on BMC and BW were carried out, allowing for the classification into the appropriate handedness categories. Applying the same method we tried to diagnose the handedness of the skeletal material of 40 medieval and 27 neolithic individuals.
Bone mineral · Bone mineral content · Content (measure theory) · Mathematical analysis · Osteoporosis · RADIUS · Anatomy · Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies · Computer Science · Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine · Orthodontics · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2017 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |