Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 1

Estimation of Stature and Gender from Percutaneous Tibial Measurements in population from North-West Uttar Pradesh.

  • Author:
  • Somshekhar Sharma1, Rahul G Peddawad2,, Gurmanjit Maan3
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2019
  • Page Number: 113 to 116

1Assistant Professor, Department of F.M.T., Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai

2Associate Professor, Department of F.M.T., Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai

3Ex Professor and Head, Department of F.M.T., SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, U.P.

*Email: ahul.peddawad@dypatil.edu

Abstract

Stature estimation and gender determination is one of the prime tools for determining the identity in fragmented or mutilated remains. The present study aimed to assess the use of percutaneous tibial length in estimating stature and determining gender among a selected population in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The study concluded that stature estimation is highly accurate with the measurement of percutaneous tibial length, but gender determination showed poor results in the selected population.

Keywords

Stature, Gender, Tibial Length