Estimation of Height Using Length  of Humerus in Adult North Indian  Population–An Anthropometric Study

Gautam Prateek; Gupta Shalini; Mittal Anupama; Kosuri Kalyan Chakravarthi

Volume : II, Issue : X, October - 2013

Estimation of Height Using Length of Humerus in Adult North Indian Population–An Anthropometric Study

Gautam Prateek , Gupta Shalini, Mittal Anupama, Kosuri Kalyan Chakravarthi

Abstract :

Estimation of stature from bone has always played an important role in identifying unknown bodies, part of bodies or skeletal remains. Height of individual is also vital to medico legal investigations. Thus in forensic anthropology, projection of the stature from bones play an important role in the identification of missing persons. Estimation of living stature can be done from the humeral length in the absence of more appropriate long bones as femur or tibia. The assessment of height is obtained from Regression formula derived from femoral and tibial length but sometime humerus may be the only bone found in burial. After studying literature it was found that though lot of work has been done on humerus, but very scanty work was been reported on anthropometric measurement of humerus, hence the aim was to focus on measurement of humerus in living subject and estimation of individual�s height by correlating length of humerus with the height of individual, in living subjects using �REGRESSION FORMULA FOR HUMERUS�. The present study could be a boon when instead of dry skeletal remain an entire soft tissue fragment with the muscles intact on the bone is found. It would be a great time saving method for anthropologist, forensic etc to determine the height of the individual from the existing specimen without processing it further in order to extract the dry bone from it.