Dept of Anatomy, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, Karnataka, India
Online published on 17 November, 2012.
The skeletal remains presented to forensic anthropologists are often fragmentary. The objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of estimation of the length of femur from the measurements of its distal fragments. Then the stature could be estimated either by using multiplication factors or with the application of regression equations.1 A sample of 100 femora (50 male and 50 female) were obtained from Anatomy Department. Regression equations for the estimation of maximum femoral length have been calculated. The applicability of these equations to a forensic sample is addressed.
Human Identification, Distal Femoral Fragments, Femur Length Estimation
