Morphometric analysis of shin bones in different types of human constitution

Abstract

<p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Purpose: </em>to detect variability of absolute and relative sizes of shin bones. <em>Materials and methods. </em>Parameters of large and small tibial bones (n=208) of adults aged from 22 to 89 years (118 men and 90 women) have been studied. Osteo- and anthropometry methods have been applied. <em>Results. </em>Sexual dimorphism, age variability and bilateral dissymmetry of morphometric parameters of shin bones compared with anthropometrical parameters have been studied. <em>Conclusion. </em>Absolute and relative parameters of shin bones have been determined by the type of constitution.</p>

Keywords

• constitutional type
• shin bones