1Assistant Professor, Dept of Anatomy, Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuj, Gujarat
2Prof., Dept of Anatomy, KIMS, Karad
3Prof., Dept of Anatomy, Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuj, Gujarat
*Corresponding author: Raghunath Shahji More, Doctors Quarters, Block ‘O’ Room No. 01, Shrmati Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Narhe (Ambegaon) Pune -411041. Mobile No: 09601060934, 09922403479, Email id: psychiatry.more@gmail.com
Online published on 11 August, 2014.
Estimation of stature of individual from measurement of different parts of body has always been of particular interest to the anthropologist for long time. In forensic medicine also the estimation of stature from the hand length, foot length, forms an important piece of evidence in court of law.9
Present study was done with 200 subjects (100 males and 100 females) and also 50 cadavers (25 Males and 25 Females) age above 25 years, in the Department of Anatomy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad and different Medical colleges in western part of Maharashtra. Measurements like Hand Length, Hand Breadth, were taken independently on the right and left side of each individual. Beside these, stature of each individual was also recorded. These parameters were analyzed using a standard computer programme. Duration of the study was one year.
In present study, males show higher mean values in each anthropometric dimension than among females. Concerning bilateral asymmetry, only the hand breadth in both the sexes showed statistically significant asymmetry and the right side shows preponderance over the left side in this right handed sample. Correlation coefficients of the length measurements are higher than that of breadth measurements in both the sexes. It is observed that in males, the highest correlation is exhibited by right hand length (r = 0.723).There is no difference in the values of hand dimensions in living male and male cadaver, as well as in living female and female cadaver. We can consider either of the value in the medico legal cases for estimation of stature for identification of person in suspected cases. Regression equations were derived for the stature estimation.
The bilateral variation which is insignificant for all the measurements except hand breadth in both the sexes (P < 0.01). Sex differences were found to be highly significant for all the measurements (P < 0.01). Linear regression equations for stature estimation were calculated using the all the mentioned variables. These regression equations were checked for their accuracy by comparing the estimated stature and actual stature.
Stature Estimation, Hand Length, Hand Breadth, Sexual Dimorphism
