Estimation of height of an individual from forearm length on the population of Eastern India

Biswa Bhusan Mohanty; Divya Agrawal; Kunal Mishra; Pusparaj Samantsinghar; Prafulla Kumar Chinara

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Online Published: 21 Dec 2015

J Med Allied Sci. 2013; 3(2): 72-75

Estimation of height of an individual from forearm length on the population of Eastern India

Biswa Bhusan Mohanty, Divya Agrawal, Kunal Mishra, Pusparaj Samantsinghar, Prafulla Kumar Chinara.

Abstract
Height is a fundamental unit to assess growth and nutrition, for calculating body surface area and predicting pulmonary function in a person. But measurement of height may be hindered by muscle weakness, joint & spinal deformity. So, some alternative method should be there to measure height of a person in these cases. Also, when dismembered human fragments are encountered in scenes of mass disaster, the height of a person is to be calculated for identification. Estimation of stature from skeletal fragments is of great interest in forensic science. The aim of the current study is to find out a regression equation that could calculate the height of a person precisely and reproducibly from forearm length. 300 students (M = 206, F = 94) aged 18-25 years, who had no disability, were studied at SCB Medical College, Cuttack. Height & forearm lengths were measured. Prediction equation for height was derived using linear equation method.

Key words: Anthropometry, Forearm length, Height, Stature

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Biswa Bhusan Mohanty, Divya Agrawal, Kunal Mishra, Pusparaj Samantsinghar, Prafulla Kumar Chinara. Estimation of height of an individual from forearm length on the population of Eastern India. J Med Allied Sci. 2013; 3(2): 72-75.

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Biswa Bhusan Mohanty, Divya Agrawal, Kunal Mishra, Pusparaj Samantsinghar, Prafulla Kumar Chinara. Estimation of height of an individual from forearm length on the population of Eastern India. J Med Allied Sci. 2013; 3(2): 72-75.

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Biswa Bhusan Mohanty, Divya Agrawal, Kunal Mishra, Pusparaj Samantsinghar, Prafulla Kumar Chinara (2013) Estimation of height of an individual from forearm length on the population of Eastern India. J Med Allied Sci, 3 (2), 72-75.

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Biswa Bhusan Mohanty, Divya Agrawal, Kunal Mishra, Pusparaj Samantsinghar, Prafulla Kumar Chinara. 2013. Estimation of height of an individual from forearm length on the population of Eastern India. Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences, 3 (2), 72-75.

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Biswa Bhusan Mohanty, Divya Agrawal, Kunal Mishra, Pusparaj Samantsinghar, Prafulla Kumar Chinara. "Estimation of height of an individual from forearm length on the population of Eastern India." Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences 3 (2013), 72-75.

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