A Study of Estimation of Stature from Forearm Length Potdar Ashutosh B.1, Rathod Pratapsingh2,*, Potdar Pallavi A.3, Desai Manjiri M.4 1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, D. Y. Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, D. Y. Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 3Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, D. Y. Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 4Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, D. Y. Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra *Corresponding Author: Dr. Pratapsingh Rathod, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, D. Y. Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. E-mail: pratap9219@gmail.com, Mob no: 9113970856
Online published on 7 May, 2019. Abstract Stature is a primary characteristic of identification of a person, even though it can be easily measured in living, but in cases of mass disasters, with dismembered bodies, stature estimation can be difficult. The present study was done including 200 medical students as subjects, to know co-relation between stature and forearm length. It was found that there is positive co-relation between forearm length and stature (r=0.83) and it is statistically significant. Regression equation was derived to estimate stature from forearm length which is Y=3.97X+63.67 for overall study population, while for only male subjects it was Y=2.66X+100.87 and for females it was Y=3.28X+78.53. This will be helpful to estimate stature from forearm length. Top Keywords Stature, forearm length, identification, regression equation. Top |