title: Sacralization of a sixth lumbar vertebra and its effect upon the estimation of living stature.
abstract: Stature is estimated in a case presenting a sacralized sixth lumbar vertebra using both Fully's anatomical method and Trotter and Gleser's stature estimation formulas. In this case, where antemortem stature is known, the accuracy of the anatomical method is enhanced by including the height of the actual S1 segment in the calculation, while the accuracy of the Trotter and Gleser estimate is enhanced by adding the height of the extra vertebra to the stature estimate.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Ft. Shafter, HI.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lundy
mesh_terms: D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D001827:Body Height; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities*