Stature Estimation from Footprint: A Study on Central Indian Population

Abstract

Introduction: Personal identification is preliminary concern of medico-legal and forensic investigation. There are various methods including Anthropometry, Fingerprints, foot imprint, bite mark, lip print, ear print by the help of which personal identification can be performed. In India, the bare foot imprints are frequently recovered at the crime scene and stature of a person can be estimated using foot imprint method, so analysis of bare foot imprints are often a necessity for forensic investigation. Materials and Methods: In this study, we made an attempt to reconstruct the stature using foot imprints (footprint and foot outline) method. The 200 samples of male and female age ranges from 18 to 30 years were collected from urban area of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Footprint and outline methods were employed in this study, to correlate the size (length) of foot-imprints with the stature (height) A Ad dd dr re es ss s f fo or r c co or rr re es sp po on nd de en nc ce e: :

Predictive equations and multiplication factors for stature estimation using foot dimensions of an adult Nigerian population

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“…This has been attributed to a number of causative variables including climate, heredity, nutrition, lifestyle, and occupation. This observation necessitates population-specific stature prediction models from various anthropometric dimensions to be determined across the regional or ethnic divides (Shukla et al 2017).…”

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“…However, inter-populational differences in anthropometric characteristics, which include stature and foot dimensions relative to shoe size, have been reported to exist due to geographical distribution, genetic variation and primary racial traits. This necessitates the establishment of population specific stature prediction models in different climes [19]. Apart from giving idea about barefoot morphology and individualistic characteristics, shoe prints are toid process, the subject was instructed to take and hold a deep breath.…”