Abstract

Introduction: The human hand have been extensively used in research to estimate stature of individuals for identification. Stature is one of the important parameter for identification. Stature estimation is based on a principle that every body part has some constant relationship with height of an individual. The study was done to estimate stature from the hand length and hand breadth. Study design: descriptive cross sectional study. Place of Study: the study was carried out in Department of Anatomy, Index Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Indore. And in Katuri medical college & hospital, Guntur Material: 510 adult Indian population was collected including both male and females aged between 21 to 60 years from Department of Anatomy, Index Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Indore. & Katuri medical college & hospital, Guntur. Method: The hands were placed on a scanner connected to a computer through Photoshop software and scanned both hands separately. The image of the hand were saved along with the ruler in the software. Measurements of the hand were done on the scanned pictures after calibrating the scale of the software. Measurement of stature using standiometer Result: A significant correlation was observed between stature and hand length and hand width. The findings of present study indicate that hand diameters can be used successfully to predict the statute of an individual

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