ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Corrections for Age in Estimating Older Adults' Stature from Long Bones
Giles, E
Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL

(Received 28 June 1990; accepted 7 August 1990)

Abstract

Stature estimates based on long bone measurements require a correction factor to compensate for stature decrease in older people. Such a correction should exclude the effect of any secular trend in stature and reflect the age at which stature begins to decrease, sex differences, and the increasing rate of change with age. Stature corrections which meet these requirements for ages 46 through 85, based upon two recent large-scale longitudinal anthropometric studies, are provided in tabular form.

Keywords:
physical anthropology, human identification, musculoskeletal system, stature, height estimation, aging, long bones

Paper ID: JFS13100J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13100J
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