Foot And Its Relationship To Stature Of Adult Population – An Anthropological Study

Estimation of stature from various measurements of the body is vital to medico legal investigations. Anthropometric measurements differ in different races, sex and age groups. Aims & Objectives: To assess the hand length, foot length and stature of the individual and to correlate the hand length, foot length and the stature. Study also predicts the stature of an individual by hand length, foot length using regression analysis Conclusion - If either of the measurement (hand length, & foot length or total height) is known, the other can be calculated. This fact will be of practical use in medico legal investigations and in anthropometry.