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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Orthop. 2009 Dec;29(8):937–943. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181c11992

TABLE 3.

Variabilities in measurement determined in present and past studies demonstrated by clavicle length (mm) means and standard deviations.

Mean Clavicle Length (mm)
Sample
Size
Study Location/
Specimen Source
Genders
Combined
Female Male
Present Study
 Radiographs 1096 Cincinnati, OH, USA 154.79 ± 12.98 149.16 ± 12.2 161.29 ± 10.69
Previous Studies
 Smekal et al.
   Thorax PA Radiographs 30 Innsbruck, Austria 169.7 ± 12.3 N/A N/A
 Lazarides & Zafriopoulos
   PA Radiographs 132 Merthyr Tidfil, Wales N/A 140.3 ± 25.5 190.5 ± 34.5
 Rios et al.
   Fresh Anatomic Cadaver 19 Farmington, CT, USA 147 ± 14 N/A N/A
 Rios et al.
   Dry Osteology Cadaver 60 Cleveland Museum of
Natural History,
Cleveland, OH, USA
149 ± 9.1 136 ± 8.5 152 ± 6.1
 Huang et al.
   Cadaver 100 Cleveland Museum of
Natural History,
Cleveland, OH, USA
145 ± 12.7 137.3 ± 10.2 152.6 ± 10.2
 McCormick et al.
   Cadaver 724 North American
autopsy population
N/A (R) 140 ± 7.9
(L) 141 ± 7.7
(R) 157 ± 9.5
(L) 159 ± 9.1