Radiographic Examination of the Greater Sciatic Notch in Determining the Sex among North Indian Population
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: In forensic and archaeological studies, there is the need for identification of human skeletal remains.The greater sciatic notch is very relevant in identification of sex in human skeletal remains. The features of the greater sciatic notch of the coxae are characteristic and are commonly used to determine sex in unknown individuals.Over the years, different authors had carried various types of measurements on human greater sciatic notch of different sex and races. Material and method: This study was carried out to determine if indices in the greater sciatic notch can be used in sexing of the hip in North Indian population of Jammu and Kashmir with the help of radiograph and to establish a baseline data for the population.Antero-posterior radiographs of adult pelvis (age range: 25-75 years) were evaluated. The parameters considered are maximum width (AB); maximum depth (OC); the posterior segment (OB), index I and index II of the greater sciatic notch. Results: Out of all these parameters, width of the notch (p=0.001), depth of the notch (p=0.006), posterior segment width (p= 0.03), index II of notch (p=0.001) were found to be significantly greaterinwomenascomparedwithmen.However whether these radiographic parameters can be used for sex determination needs further studies to quantify the parameters over a larger population and over the bioarchaeological and forensic remains of individuals. Conclusion: Our results suggest that metric assessment of the features of the greater sciatic notch should be used cautiously in sex determination, particularly in the case of fragmentary forensic or rare archaeological remains.
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Berjina Farooq Naqshi, Sangeeta Gupta, Adil Bashir Shah, Sunanda Raina, Nazia Hassan, Hayat Ahmad Khan
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