1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Haldwani
2PGT, Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College Hospital, Mangalore
3Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Haldwani
4Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Haldwani
*Corresponding Author: Dr Arijit Datta, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Haldwani. Pin-263139, Email ID: arijitdatta18@gmail.com, Mobile: 9557534847
Online published on 6 January, 2018.
Forensic Anthropology is the application of anthropological knowledge in criminal investigation. Reconstruction of stature is one of the important aspects of various parameters of identification. Such a study can assist in the identification of deceased individuals whose remains are unrecognizable. The identification of individual from skeletal remains and badly decomposed or otherwise unidentified human remains is important in both legal and humanitarian contexts and also to give closure.
To estimate the stature by using upper arm length
To find out variability in males and females by using upper arm length for estimation of stature
Comparison of stature and upper arm length between boys and girls in urban and rural areas
A cross sectional study was conducted among 360 students of School located in urban area and rural area of Mangalore between the age group of 10–19 years with the approval of the institutional ethical committee during the period of May 2014 to July 2014. Children with Congenital defects on the hand, any spinal disorder, previous history of fracture in hands, bony involvement due to Rickets, Osteomalacia, Rheumatoid arthritis etc were excluded. Data was collected by measuring stature using Stadiometer, upper arm length using sliding calliper and. and analysed with SPSS v.16.0.
Stature and upper arm length significantly and positively correlate with each other (p<0.001) in both males and females. Linear regression equations were derived for estimation of stature reliably and accurately that would be of immense value in identification. The regression equation derived in this study can be used accurately for estimation of stature in diverse population group.
In this study we found a significance correlation between stature and upper arm length. This has applicability and will be a very useful tool in the field of Forensic Anthropology.
Forensic anthropology, Stature, Upper arm length
