Anthropometric Study of Human Hip Bones of Southern Brazilians by Rabbi Method

M O Romão,W C Rossi Junior,G J M Fernandes,A Esteves,L H R Moraes,D A Nogueira,W Corsini

doi:10.17063/bjfs9(3)y2020356

Abstract

Forensic anthropology is a branch of forensic sciences that deals with research and aims to determine the identity of an individual by means of the origin of remains, general patterns of identification and individualizing characteristics. Currently, as Brazil has a significant percentage of homicides, serious accidents and natural disasters, it is necessary to use more precise anthropometric techniques to search for victim identification. Therefore, this study proposes to measure human hip bones using bone anthropometry technique, more specifically pelvimetry in order to determine standard measures for this bone for people of the south region of Minas Gerais. The measures obtained were as follows: VDA data was 49.74 ± 3.49 for right hip bone (RHB) and 51.06 for left hip bone (LHB). GSND data was 33.18 ± 3.08 for RHB and 32.96 ± 3.35 for LHB. Regarding CGSN measure, the values were 81.23 ± 6.74 for RHB and 82.87 ± 6.77 for LHB. DASIS results were 114.1 ± 6.62 for RHB and 112.4 ± 5.90 for LHB. OFD measures were 45.95 ± 4.21 for RHB and 47 ± 3.98 for LHB while OFL data were 31.34 ± 3.56 for RHB 30.42 ± 2.82 for LHB. the results above, one could conclude that there were significant differences in the measure of the hip bone when compared with data published for other ethnic groups. It is suggested that such differences may be related to the multiple genetic miscegenation that occurred in this region of Brazil during 500 years or more after colonization.

Highlights

In a report published in 2015 by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Brazil is the only country in the American continent that figures on the list of the 10 countries with the largest number of people affected by disasters from 1995 to 20151
By using the Rabbi method, this study aimed to measure specific parameters of human hip bones, found in the south region of Minas Gerais, in order to contribute to the elaboration of an osteometric table for them and, in addition, to compare these measures with data from other ethnic groups already published in the scientific literature
Material and methods For this study, a sample of 60 right and left human hip bones was obtained from two universities in the south region of Minas Gerais that had an expressive number of these bones in their anatomical collection, namely the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFALMG) and José do Rosário Vellano University (UNIFENAS)

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Introduction

In a report published in 2015 by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Brazil is the only country in the American continent that figures on the list of the 10 countries with the largest number of people affected by disasters from 1995 to 20151. In January, 2019, Brazil underwent one of its greatest environmental disasters in history, at Brumadinho’s mining tailings dam, in Minas Gerais. This dam fell down and its rupture resulted in 255 deaths and several missing so far[3]. The forensic identification of victims of mass disasters is essential for reasons humanitarian, and due to the need of civil and / or criminal investigation, and is essentially based on anatomy and pathology[4,5,6] In cases such as those mentioned above, the identification of remains is of paramount importance and it is up to the criminal expert specialized in physical and / or forensic anthropology to unveil the findings[7,8,9]

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