Anatomical variations of acromions in brazilian adults scapulas
Braz. j. morphol. sci
; 30(2): 98-102, 2013. ilus, graf
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BR734.1
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
According to morphology, acromion can be classified into three types I (flat), II (curved),and III (hooked) and its characteristics are related to age and rotator cuff pathology. Here we haveanalyzed acromion ́s morphology in scapulas of Brazilian human skeleton and tried to establish possiblemorphofunctional correlations to literature data.Materials andMethods:
Fifty-seven scapulas from HumanAnatomy laboratories of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais were selected and divided in groups accordingto acromion ́s tip morphology and angle.Results:
We observed that distribution of acromial morphologywas 5,2% type I (flat), 57,9% type II (curved), 36,9% type III (hooked).Conclusion:
Our data is importantto compare Brazilian scapula bones to those from various other regions or races and could contribute todemographic studies of shoulder disease probability in Brazilian population.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Escápula
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Acrômio
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Brasil
/
Grupos Populacionais
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. morphol. sci
Assunto da revista:
ANATOMIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil