Estimation of stature from footstep length

A Study of correlation between Middle Finger Length and Height in a Tribal District Population of India

“…4 Prediction or reconstruction of stature of an individual from the skeletal remains or mutilated, amputated limbs or some parts of body have special significance in individual identification since remains are not uncommon in the events of the murders, accidents or natural disasters, wars and body fragments found in forest and mutilated by animals. 5,6 Most of the workers used intact long limb bones like femur, tibia, humerus and radius for estimation of stature which is natural heights of a person in an upright position and various methods, formulae and regression equations are devised for various population groups. 2,7,8 But very little work is done towards correlation of height and various finger lengths like Macdonnel who compared the stature with the length of the middle finger of English criminals 9 and Tyagi et al 5 who found accurate or near accurate correlation between stature and finger lengths in Delhi region of India.…”

The reconstruction of the human body length from the wrist size

“…Интерес представляли УЛР, имевшие коэффициент множественной корреляции с Дл R >0,700 (только в этом случае больше половины вариаций независимого призна-ка будет определяться признаками-предикторами, а не посторонними причинами [28] 1 В литературе чаще встречается упоминание о ладонной длине пальцев [11,12]. Тем не менее Coblentz измерял тыльную длину пальцев у французских рабочих в 60-х годах прошлого века [16]; Р.М.…”

Correlation of Stature with Head Circumference – An Observational Study

“…Anthropometer was placed in straight vertical position behind the subject with head oriented in Frankfurt plane and shoulder blocks and buttocks touching the vertical limb of the instrument. The movable rod of the anthropometer was brought in contact with vertex in the midsagittal plane (7) .…”