Establishment of Relation between Supine Length and Femoral Length among Cadavers

After the development of forensic anthropology at the end of the nineteenth century system of identification was started. Though estimation of stature from measurements of upper limb and lower limb bones has been done it is the lower limb bone that gives better approximation. Therefore this study was done in an apex institution of Delhi involving 200 cadavers (100 males & females) to predict relation between spine length and femoral length, along with derivation of multiplication factors, regression equations as well as to find out bilateral & bisexual variations. It was found that femoral length significantly correlated with supine length with significant bisexual variation (p<0.001), but no bilateral variation in either gender. The best prediction of supine length in both the sexes and for combined cases can be done by right femoral length. Multiplication factors derived were less accurate than regression equations hence for more accurate estimation individual regression equation derived from that particular part and sex should be used.