Age estimation from the degree of osteophyte formation of vertebral columns in Japanese

Legal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-160

  Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Terazawa, Koichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Estimation of age; Osteophyte; Personal identification; Standard error of estimate; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 33646771842     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Ikeda N., Umetsu K., Harada A., and Suzuki T. Radiologic identifiction of human skeletal remains: a case report. Jpn J Legal Med 41 (1987) 270-273 [summary in English]
2. Owsley D.W., and Mann R.W. Positive personal identity of skeletonized remains using abdominal and pelvic radiographs. J Forensic Sci 37 (1992) 332-336
3. Sakaihara M., and Terazawa K. A case of positive identity of skeletonized remain using lumbar radiograph. Hokkaido J Med Sci 77 (2002) 157-160 [summary in English]
4. Prescher A. Anatomy and pathology of the aging spine. Eur J Radiol 27 (1998) 181-195
5. Watanabe S., and Terazawa K. A case of positive identification by digital superimposed comparison between photograph of the thoracic vertebrae front and thorax roentgenograph. Jpn J Legal Med 58 (2004) 149-153 [summary in English]
6. Stewart T.D. The rate of development of vertebral osteoarthritis in American whites and its significance in skeletal age identification. Leech 28 (1958) 144-151
7. Snodgrass J.J. Sex differences and aging of the vertebral column. J Forensic Sci 49 (2004) 1-6
8. Giles E., and Klepinger L.L. Confidence intervals for estimates based on linear regression in forensic anthropology. J Forensic Sci 33 (1988) 1218-1222
9. Schmeling A., Schulz R., Reisinger W., Muhler M., Wernecke K.D., and Geserick G. Studies on the time frame for ossification of the medial clavicular epiphyseal cartilage in conventional radiography. Int J Legal Med 118 (2004) 5-8
10. Kimura K. Development and aging of long bones (the second metacarpal). Anat Sci Int 68 (1993) 30-57
11. Ji L., Terazawa K., Tsukamoto T., and Haga K. Estimation of age from epiphyseal union degree of the sternal end of the clavicle. Hokkaido J Med Sci 69 (1994) 104-111 [summary in English]
12. Singer R. Estimation of age from cranial suture closure. J Forensic Med 1 (1953) 52-59
13. Terazawa K., and Chiba M. Investigating methods for age estimation (1) height of the apex of the medullary cavity of the humerus. Jpn J Legal Med 52 (1998) 261-264 [summary in English]
14. Hanihara K., and Suzuki T. Estimation of age from the pubic symphysis by means of multiple regression analysis. Am J Phys Anthropol 48 (1978) 233-240
15. Sinha A., and Gupta V. A study on estimation of age from pubic symphysis. Forensic Sci Int 75 (1995) 73-78
16. Meindl R.S., and Lovejoy C.O. Ectocranial suture closure: a revised method for the determination of skeletal age at death based on the lateral-anterior sutures. Am J Phys Anthropol 68 (1985) 57-66
17. Hershkovitz I., Latimer B., Dutour O., Jellema L.M., Wish-Baratz S., Rothschild C., and Rothschild B.M. Why do we fail in aging the skull from the sagittal suture?. Am J Phys Anthropol 103 (1997) 393-399
18. Shao Z., Rompe G., and Schiltenwolf M. Radiographic changes in the lumbar intervertebral discs and lumbar vertebrae with age. Spine 27 (2002) 263-268
19. Gruber H.E., Johnson T., Norton H.J., and Hanley E.N. The sand rat model for disc degeneration: radiologic characterization of age-related changes: cross-sectional and prospective analyses. Spine 27 (2002) 230-234
20. Nathan H. Osteophytes of the vertebral column. An anatomical study of their development according to age, race, and sex with considerations as to their etiology and significance. J Bone Joint Surg 44-A (1962) 243-268
21. Krogman W.M., and Isçan M.Y. The human skeleton in forensic medicine. 2nd ed (1986), Thomas, Illinois pp. 103-31
22. Ritz-Timme S., Cattaneo C., Collins M.J., Waite E.R., Schutz H.W., Kaatsch H.J., and Borrman H.I. Age estimation: the state of the art in relation to the specific demands of forensic practice. Int J Legal Med 113 (2000) 129-136
23. Tomaru Y., Uchiyama Y., Kobayashi K., Kudo Y., Mikami M., Endo M., Tsukamoto T., and Terazawa K. Age estimation from tooth attritions of lower incisors -discussion on the 'Amano's method'-. Jpn J Legal Med 47 (1993) 13-17 [summary in English]
24. Xu X., Philipsen H.P., Jablonski N.G., Pang K.M., and Zhu J. Age estimation from the structure of adult human teeth: review of the literature. Forensic Sci Int 54 (1992) 23-28
25. Michejda M. The problem of age estimation and skeletal age. A critical review. J Med Primatol 7 (1975) 257-263