1Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra
2Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NKPSIMSR, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Online published on 7 August, 2013.
Determination of stature from different body part still retains an utmost importance in the identification of criminal and victim. The objective of the study was to find out correlation and to derive regression formula between length of right and left tibia and height of an individual in India. The material consisted of 440 individual in which male and female constituted the equal number between the age group of 18 to 24 years. This group comprises the admixture of students admitted from all over the country.
Measurements were taken at a fixed time to avoid diurnal variations. The height was recorded with the help of an anthropometer and length of both sided tibia was recorded with spreading caliper. The observed data was subjected to statistical analysis. The result obtained indicated there were positive correlation between right and left tibia and height of an individual.
Regression equation derived can be used to estimate stature of an individual when it is not definitely known as to which part of the country the he/she belongs.
Stature Estimation, Percutaneous Tibial Length
