Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods

It is a fact that in recent years requests have greatly increased to obtain estimates of the legal age of undocumented individuals alleged to be minors who have been forced to enter different European Community countries for socioeconomic reasons or due to war. Spain is one of the countries most aff...

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Autores: Benito Sánchez, María, Muñoz García, Alexandra, Beltrán Gil, Isabel, Labajo González, Elena, Perea Pérez, Bernardo, Sánchez Sánchez, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116149
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Forensic anthropology
Minority age
Ultrasound
Medial clavicle epiphysis
Antropología biológica
Medicina legal (Medicina)
3203 Medicina Forense
2402.03 Antropometría y Antropología Forense
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spelling Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methodsBenito Sánchez, MaríaMuñoz García, AlexandraBeltrán Gil, IsabelLabajo González, ElenaPerea Pérez, BernardoSánchez Sánchez, José Antonio611340.6Forensic anthropologyMinority ageUltrasoundMedial clavicle epiphysisAntropología biológicaMedicina legal (Medicina)3203 Medicina Forense2402.03 Antropometría y Antropología ForenseIt is a fact that in recent years requests have greatly increased to obtain estimates of the legal age of undocumented individuals alleged to be minors who have been forced to enter different European Community countries for socioeconomic reasons or due to war. Spain is one of the countries most affected by this illegal immigration because of its proximity to North Africa. Therefore, it has become necessary to develop new standards which help provide a response to the demands of the justice administration. In recent years, the Superior Justice Court has rejected several pieces of expert evidence on the grounds that the age intervals therein were not sufficiently reliable and that the radiographic techniques used to determine age were invasive, potentially causing harm to the alleged minor. These sentences have caused interest in this field of work to increase within the scientific community. As a result, in order to improve age predictions and, above all, reduce minors’ exposure to radiation, this study was created for completion on the Spanish population, using the ultrasound scan as a diagnostic technique. Used as a study sample were the ultrasound images of the proximal sternal epiphysis of the clavicle among 221 individuals of both sexes, of ages ranging from 5 to 30 years. All of the images were classified into 4 stages of fusion, in accordance with the development of metaphyseal closure proposed by Schulz et al. in 2008. The results show differences among the 4 proposed groups for each of the stages of fusion, with the results found in Stage II being especially important because, for both sexes, they would imply that the patient studied has reached an age of over 18 years, which is the legal age of adulthood in Spain, as established by the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Though further research is still recommended, these results, coupled with the use of ultrasound as a non-invasive diagnostic technique, could help solve some of the problems currently arising in justice courts.ElsevierUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20182018-01-3120182018-01-31journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AOhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bcceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116149reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1161492026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods
title Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods
spellingShingle Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods
Benito Sánchez, María
611
340.6
Forensic anthropology
Minority age
Ultrasound
Medial clavicle epiphysis
Antropología biológica
Medicina legal (Medicina)
3203 Medicina Forense
2402.03 Antropometría y Antropología Forense
title_short Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods
title_full Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods
title_fullStr Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods
title_sort Assessment of adulthood in the living spanish population based on ossification of the medial clavicle epiphysis using ultrasound methods
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Benito Sánchez, María
Muñoz García, Alexandra
Beltrán Gil, Isabel
Labajo González, Elena
Perea Pérez, Bernardo
Sánchez Sánchez, José Antonio
author Benito Sánchez, María
author_facet Benito Sánchez, María
Muñoz García, Alexandra
Beltrán Gil, Isabel
Labajo González, Elena
Perea Pérez, Bernardo
Sánchez Sánchez, José Antonio
author_role author
author2 Muñoz García, Alexandra
Beltrán Gil, Isabel
Labajo González, Elena
Perea Pérez, Bernardo
Sánchez Sánchez, José Antonio
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 611
340.6
Forensic anthropology
Minority age
Ultrasound
Medial clavicle epiphysis
Antropología biológica
Medicina legal (Medicina)
3203 Medicina Forense
2402.03 Antropometría y Antropología Forense
topic 611
340.6
Forensic anthropology
Minority age
Ultrasound
Medial clavicle epiphysis
Antropología biológica
Medicina legal (Medicina)
3203 Medicina Forense
2402.03 Antropometría y Antropología Forense
description It is a fact that in recent years requests have greatly increased to obtain estimates of the legal age of undocumented individuals alleged to be minors who have been forced to enter different European Community countries for socioeconomic reasons or due to war. Spain is one of the countries most affected by this illegal immigration because of its proximity to North Africa. Therefore, it has become necessary to develop new standards which help provide a response to the demands of the justice administration. In recent years, the Superior Justice Court has rejected several pieces of expert evidence on the grounds that the age intervals therein were not sufficiently reliable and that the radiographic techniques used to determine age were invasive, potentially causing harm to the alleged minor. These sentences have caused interest in this field of work to increase within the scientific community. As a result, in order to improve age predictions and, above all, reduce minors’ exposure to radiation, this study was created for completion on the Spanish population, using the ultrasound scan as a diagnostic technique. Used as a study sample were the ultrasound images of the proximal sternal epiphysis of the clavicle among 221 individuals of both sexes, of ages ranging from 5 to 30 years. All of the images were classified into 4 stages of fusion, in accordance with the development of metaphyseal closure proposed by Schulz et al. in 2008. The results show differences among the 4 proposed groups for each of the stages of fusion, with the results found in Stage II being especially important because, for both sexes, they would imply that the patient studied has reached an age of over 18 years, which is the legal age of adulthood in Spain, as established by the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Though further research is still recommended, these results, coupled with the use of ultrasound as a non-invasive diagnostic technique, could help solve some of the problems currently arising in justice courts.
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