Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis reveals ethnic dimorphism in the shape of the femur

Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis reveals ethnic dimorphism in the shape of the femur

Abstract Background Ethnic dimorphism in the distal femur has never been studied in a three-dimensional analysis focused on shape instead of size. Yet, this dimorphism has direct implications in orthopedic surgery and in anthropology. The goal of this study was to show that differences in distal fem...

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Main Authors: Etienne Cavaignac, Ke Li, Marie Faruch, Frederic Savall, Philippe Chiron, W. Huang, Norbert Telmon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
Subjects:
Distal femur dimorphism
Principal component analysis
Procrustes analysis
Geometric morphometric analysis
Biological anthropology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40634-017-0088-2

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