Abstract

In medico-legal cases, most often the personal identity of the deceased is important. One of the methods of ascertaining the sex and stature is by using the human bones. There are several regression formulae for conducting such estimation. However, it must be remembered that these regression equations can vary depending upon the population and region.The aim of the study is to find out correlation and to drive a regression formula between the length of humerus and height of an individual, in population of central India,in M.P. The material consisted of 240 (120 males and 120 females )undergraduate and postgraduate medical students of age group 20 to 30 years .The length of humerus is measured by , asking the subject to flex the elbow joint .Height of the subject was measured with standard height measuring instrument in anatomical position. The results obtained were analyzed and attempt was made to derive a formula between length of humerus and total height of an individual. The result shows that there is definite correlation between the two.

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