Evaluation of Relation between the Human Stature and Long Bones with Radiography Images

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant professor of Radioisotope Department, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran , Tehran, Iran

2 Specialist of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction
Adult stature represents fundamental biological characteristics of individuals and populations. Stature estimation from skeletal dimensions is one of the essential parameters in the establishment of an individual identity. In this study, Relative parameters of ulna and tibia  bones were measured with radiography and used to establish the mathematical models for stature estimation of Iranian adults (from 20 to 40 years old) in Tehran Province.
Materials and Methods
The radiography of ulna and tibia bones of 49 male and 52 female adult individuals were taken on normal position and the lengths between relative landmarks were measured. The body height of each subject was recorded. Linear regression equations for stature estimation between body height and the lengths of ulna and tibia bones were established.
Results
The mean stature of men and women estimated 171 ± 3.6 and160 ± 3.6 the mean length of tibia and ulna in menwere 43.6 ± 0.4 and 27.3 ± 0.6 and in women 40 ± 1.8 and 25 ± 0.74 single linear regression equations and 2 multiple regression equations were obtained.
Conclusion
These equations could be used to estimate the body height of Tehranian population aged from 20 to 40. The lengths of the ulna and tibia bones measured on the Radiography films could be useful to stature estimation of the personal forensic identification.
 

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medical journal of mashhad university of medical sciences
Volume 56, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
September and October 2013
Pages 243-246

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