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Estimation of Height
(Stature) From Inferior Extremity Length and Foot Length in Children.
Swati Ramakant
Pandhare1, Anjali D. Patil2, A. Kasote3,
M. M. Meshram4
1Assistant
Professor, Govt. Medical college, Nagpur (MS) INDIA.
2Associate
Professor, B.J. Medical College, Pune (MS) INDIA.
3Associate
Professor, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur (MS) INDIA.
4Professor,
Govt. Medical College, Nagpur (MS) INDIA.
Academic Editor: Dr.
Aher K. R.
Personal
identification is an integral part of the investigation in cases of mass
disasters where disintegrated and amputated body organs are found very
frequently. Estimating stature from various parameters based on the
above mentioned evidences becomes one of the most important and
essential exercise for personal identification. Different anthropometric
parameters have been measured of 1120 children (576 male children, 544
female children) of the age group ranging from Birth to 5 years. Among
these findings, height, inferior extremity length and foot length have
been evaluated for sexual dimorphism as well as subjected to statistics
to study the correlation of inferior extremity length and foot length
with that of height. There is scarcity of literature suggesting stature
estimation in this age group hence, further the regression equations
have been drawn from the data collected. It has been observed that
stature can be estimated from the inferior extremity length and foot
length. The Technical Error of Measurements was within the accepted
limits. It is determined that there was significant differences (p<0.05)
in stature, inferior extremity length and foot length between sexes.
Stature, inferior extremity length and foot length are positively and
significantly correlated with each other (p<0.01).
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