Various Methods for Measuring the Geometrical Properties of the Long
人 類 誌.J. Anthrop. Soc. Nippon 90 (1):1-16 (1982) Various Methods for Measuring the Geometrical Properties of the Long Bone Cross Section with Respect to Mechanics Banri ENDO and Hideo TAKAHASHI Department of Anthropology Faculty of Science The University of Tokyo Abstract Owing to the recent development of various kinds of equipment for the measurement of irregular figures, papers dealing with the long bone cross section related to mechanics are increasing in the field of anthropology. However, there have been few explanations of the actual methods, equipments and equations for measuring these properties. This paper explains briefly the geometrical properties of the cross section in relation to mechanics as well as their actual use in functional morphology related to anthropology and shows various methods and equations for the actual measurement of these geometrical properties. Some of the equations presented in this paper have never or rarely been published before. for example, by KOCH (1917), PAUWELS INTRODUCTION (1950, 1954, 1968) and KIMURA (1971, 1974). Use has been made of circumference, Manual measurement, however, is very sagittal and transverse diameters, maxi- time-consuming work. Owing to the recent mum and minimum diameters etc. as the development of various kinds of equip- geometrical properties of the cross section ment for measuring irregularly shaped of long bones in historical morphology. planes, many researchers, such as MINNS These properties, however, are not availa- ct al (1976), LoVEJOY et al (1976), KIMURA ble for the analysis in biomechanics or (1980), MILLER and PURKEY (1980), BURR et functional morphology. The geometrical al (1981) and TAKAHASHI (in press), have properties of the cross section, such as begun to measure them.
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