Observation on Neck Form Changes Related to Aging in Men (Part ll) - by the Neck Surface Changes Using the Tape Method.
10.11637/kjpa.1995.8.1.9
- Author:
Young Suk LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Neck Shape;
Surface Area;
Age;
Position;
Adam's Apple point;
Back Neck Point
- MeSH:
Aging*;
Humans;
Male;
Methods*;
Middle Aged;
Neck*
- From:Korean Journal of Physical Anthropology
1995;8(1):9-18
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
As a mean to get a better understanding of the kind of form changes to which is subject the neck of the men in their aging process, replicas of neck surfaces were made on 9 subjects (3 in their twenties, 3 in their forties and 3 in their sixties) using the tape method. Three positions of the neck were taken in account : 1) normal position 2) right turn position 3) bent forward position. Measurements of the developed tape replicas have given us the following results : 1. Shapes of the different developed replicas ; Developed replicas of the elder subject show a more curved shape than the replica of the middle age subject, the younger subject having its neck base line the least curved. 2. Surface Area Changes ; In normal position, the neck replica of the elder group covers a smaller surface (average 163.7cm2) than the corresponding one of the younger group (average 193.5cm3). The bent forward position, increases the back surface of the neck in a percentage ranging from 19% to 26% without any major differences between the 3 age groups. The front neck surface being decreased at the same time we verified that the total surface compared to the normal position, had not increased.
